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Original Article • Nauplius 25 • 2017 • https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2017008   copy

A new species of Parastacus Huxley, 1879 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from a swamp forest in southern Brazil

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Abstract

In this contribution we describe a new species of burrowing crayfish of the genus Parastacus Huxley, 1879 from a swamp forest in southern Brazil and determine its conservation status. The distinction of the new species is based on morphology and the mitochondrial DNA marker 16S rRNA. The extinction risk was assessed according to the sub-criterion B1 of IUCN that estimates the Extent of Occurrence (EOO). Parastacus tuerkayi sp. nov. is morphologically distinguishable from all species of Parastacus by having three lines of verrucous tubercles on the dorsomesial margin of the cheliped propodus and a suborbital angle exceeding 90°. The EOO comprises 647,674 km², and the species is classified as “endangered”. Phylogenetic relationships indicate the distinct position of this new species in relation to the already described species.

Key words
16S; mtDNA sequence; burrowing crayfish; Neotropical region; taxonomy

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