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]
^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
^Ficha de antecedentes de especie: Virilastacus araucanius(PDF) (in Spanish), Ministry of the Environment, 2013, pp. 1–6
added to this genus. Virilastacus araucanius Faxon, 1914 Virilastacus jarai Erich H. Rudolph and Keith A. Crandall, 2012 Virilastacus retamali Erich H. Rudolph...
Virilastacus araucanius is a burrowing species of crayfish in the family Parastacidae, endemic to Chile. Virilastacus araucanius is listed as Data Deficient...
in the simplified cladogram below: Three genera are found in Chile, Virilastacus, Samastacus and Parastacus, the last of which also occurs disjunctly...
(2009). "A new Paraleptamphopidae (Crustacea Amphipoda) in the burrow of Virilastacus rucapihuelensis (Parastacidae) and surrounding peat bogs. Rudolphia macrodactylus...
(2009). "A new Paraleptamphopidae (Crustacea Amphipoda) in the burrow of Virilastacus rucapihuelensis (Parastacidae) and surrounding peat bogs. Rudolphia macrodactylus...
crayfish from the south (Samastacus spinifrons) Virilastacus araucanius Virilastacus retamali Virilastacus rucapihuelensis Adeleana sumatrensis Austrothelphusa...
crayfish from the South (Samastacus spinifrons) Virilastacus araucanius Virilastacus retamali Virilastacus rucapihuelensis Adeleana sumatrensis Austrothelphusa...
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