Virilastacus

Virilastacus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Parastacidae
Genus:	Virilastacus Hobbs, 1991
Type species
Virilastacus araucanius
Species
4, See text.

Virilastacus is a genus of freshwater burrowing crayfish species endemic to Chile. It has four described species. The first species was described in 1914, but since 2005, three other species have been added to this genus.[1][2]

Species

• Virilastacus araucanius Faxon, 1914
• Virilastacus jarai Erich H. Rudolph and Keith A. Crandall, 2012[3]
• Virilastacus retamali Erich H. Rudolph and Keith A. Crandall, 2007[4]
• Virilastacus rucapihuelensis Rudolph and Crandall, 2005[5]

References

1. Rudolph, Erich H.; Crandall, Keith A. (2012), "A new species of burrowing crayfish, Virilastacus jarai (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from central-southern Chile", Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 125 (3): 258–275, doi:10.2988/11-39.1, S2CID 85033053
2. Ficha de antecedentes de especie: Virilastacus araucanius (PDF) (in Spanish), Ministry of the Environment, 2013, pp. 1–6
3. "A new species of burrowing crayfish, Virilastacus jarai (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from central-southern Chile"
4. "A New Species of Burrowing Crayfish Virilastacus Retamali (Decapoda: Parastacidae) from the Southern Chile Peatland"
5. Buckup, L. (2010). "Virilastacus rucapihuelensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T153746A4539751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153746A4539751.en. Retrieved 27 February 2023.