# Parastacus

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{{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](/source/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](/source/Parastacus_brasiliensis)'' <small>(von Martens, 1869)</small>
* ''[Parastacus buckupi](/source/Parastacus_buckupi)'' <small>Huber, Ribeiro & Araujo, 2018</small>
* ''[Parastacus caeruleodactylus](/source/Parastacus_caeruleodactylus)'' <small>Ribeiro & Araujo, 2016</small> (blue-fingered burrowing crayfish)
* ''[Parastacus defossus](/source/Parastacus_defossus)'' <small>Faxon, 1898</small>
* ''[Parastacus fluviatilis](/source/Parastacus_fluviatilis)'' <small>Ribeiro & Buckup, 2016</small> (highland streams crayfish)
* ''[Parastacus laevigatus](/source/Parastacus_laevigatus)'' <small>Buckup & Rossi, 1980</small>
* ''[Parastacus macanudo](/source/Parastacus_macanudo)'' <small>Huber, Rockhill, Araujo & Ribeiro, 2020</small>
* ''[Parastacus nicoleti](/source/Parastacus_nicoleti)'' <small>(Philippi, 1882)</small>
* ''[Parastacus pilicarpus](/source/Parastacus_pilicarpus)'' <small>Huber, Ribeiro & Araujo, 2018</small>
* ''[Parastacus pilimanus](/source/Parastacus_pilimanus)'' <small>(von Martens, 1869)</small>
* ''[Parastacus promatensis](/source/Parastacus_promatensis)'' <small>Fontoura & Conter, 2008</small>
* ''[Parastacus pugnax](/source/Parastacus_pugnax)'' <small>(Poeppig, 1835)</small>
* ''[Parastacus saffordi](/source/Parastacus_saffordi)'' <small>Faxon, 1898</small>
* ''[Parastacus tuerkayi](/source/Parastacus_tuerkayi)'' <small>Ribeiro, Huber & Araujo, 2017</small>
* ''[Parastacus varicosus](/source/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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