{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Parastacus pugnax - inat 13351889.jpg | image_caption = ''Parastacus pugnax'', Chile | taxon = Parastacus | authority = Huxley, 1879 }}
'''''Parastacus''''' is a genus of southern crawfish in the family Parastacidae. There are about 15 described species in ''Parastacus'', found in South America. In addition, there are some preserved specimens from Australia that are possibly members of this genus.<ref name=gbif/><ref name=worms/><ref name=Crandall2017/> thumb|''Parastacus brasiliensis'', Brazil
==Species== These 15 species belong to the genus ''Parastacus'': * ''Parastacus brasiliensis'' <small>(von Martens, 1869)</small> * ''Parastacus buckupi'' <small>Huber, Ribeiro & Araujo, 2018</small> * ''Parastacus caeruleodactylus'' <small>Ribeiro & Araujo, 2016</small> (blue-fingered burrowing crayfish) * ''Parastacus defossus'' <small>Faxon, 1898</small> * ''Parastacus fluviatilis'' <small>Ribeiro & Buckup, 2016</small> (highland streams crayfish) * ''Parastacus laevigatus'' <small>Buckup & Rossi, 1980</small> * ''Parastacus macanudo'' <small>Huber, Rockhill, Araujo & Ribeiro, 2020</small> * ''Parastacus nicoleti'' <small>(Philippi, 1882)</small> * ''Parastacus pilicarpus'' <small>Huber, Ribeiro & Araujo, 2018</small> * ''Parastacus pilimanus'' <small>(von Martens, 1869)</small> * ''Parastacus promatensis'' <small>Fontoura & Conter, 2008</small> * ''Parastacus pugnax'' <small>(Poeppig, 1835)</small> * ''Parastacus saffordi'' <small>Faxon, 1898</small> * ''Parastacus tuerkayi'' <small>Ribeiro, Huber & Araujo, 2017</small> * ''Parastacus varicosus'' <small>Faxon, 1898</small>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Parastacus'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2224024 | website=GBIF | access-date=2021-10-25 }}</ref>
<ref name=worms> {{Cite web| title=World Register of Marine Species, genus ''Parastacus'' | url=http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=885069 | access-date=2021-10-25 }}</ref>
<ref name=Crandall2017> {{Cite journal | title = An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list | date = 2017 | last1 = Crandall | first1 = Keith A. | last2 = De Grave | first2 = Sammy | journal = Journal of Crustacean Biology | volume = 37| issue = 5 | doi = 10.1093/jcbiol/rux070| doi-access = free }}</ref> }}
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Category:Parastacidae Category:Crayfish
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