Parastacus saffordi
Keith A. CrandallTypes
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).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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