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Parastacus saffordi Faxon 1898

Keith A. Crandall
Containing group: Parastacus

Types

Syntypes, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Wasington D.C. 12581 (2 specimens), Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 4775 (1 specimen).

Type Locality

Montevideo, Uruguay.

Range

Until the report of the occurrence of this crayfish in two widely separated localities in the eastern part of the state of Santa Catarina by Buckup and Rossi (1980:675), this crayfish was known only from the vicinity of Montevideo, Uruguay. It is surprising that it has not been found in the state of Rio Grange do Sul.

Habitat

Faxon reported its occurrence in burrows, and Buckup and Rossi found it swimming in a "cacimba" (=small, perhaps temporary, pool).

References

Buckup, Ludwig, and Ana Rossi. 1980. O genero Parastacus no Brasil (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae). Revista Brasilerira Biologia, 40(4): 663-681, figures 1-21.

Faxon, Walter. 1898. Observations on the Astacidae in the United States National Museum and in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, with Descriptions of New Species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 20(1136): 643-694, plates 62-70.

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. 1989. An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Institution Press.

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Keith A. Crandall
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA

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