Parastacus tuerkayi

Parastacus tuerkayi, holotype, male.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Parastacoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Astacidea Superfamilia: Parastacoidea

Familia: Parastacidae
Genus: Parastacus
Species: Parastacus tuerkayi

Name

Parastacus tuerkayi Ribeiro, Huber & Araujo in Ribeiro et al., 2017

Holotype: male, 04/IX/2013, leg. K.M. Gomes and F.B. Ribeiro (MZUSP 34940).

Type locality: Brazil, Santa Catarina, Penha, Beto Carreiro World (26°48’10”S 48°37’02”W).

Paratypes:

• 1 ovigerous female, Brazil, Santa Catarina, Penha, Beto Carreiro World (26°48’11”S 48°37’01”W), I/2001, leg. H. Boos Jr. (UFRGS 6376);
• 1 male, Brazil, Santa Catarina, Penha, Beto Carreiro World, 2001, leg. K. Schaat (UFRGS 3167);
• 1 male, same data as holotype (UFRGS 6438)

Etymology: named after Michael Türkay.

ZooBank: 7E9B5CBD-5F78-4CA8-8E92-AA7B454E5018

References

Primary references

• Ribeiro, F.B., Huber, A.F., Schubart, C.D., Araujo, P.B. 2017. A new species of Parastacus Huxley, 1879 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from a swamp forest in southern Brazil. Nauplius. 25: e2017008. DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2017008 Reference page. 

Links

• Parastacus tuerkayi in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Parastacus tuerkayi – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Parastacus tuerkayi.
• ION
• Species-ID

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