The burrows of Parastacus defossus (Decapoda: Parastacidae), a fossorial freshwater crayfish from southern Brazil

Parastacus defossus Faxon, 1898 is a fossorial crayfish species, which constructs its burrows in swampy areas in southeast Uruguay and in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The present field study was carried out in Lami, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from May 2003 through August 200...

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Published in:	Zoologia (Curitiba)
Main Authors:	Clarissa K. Noro, Ludwig Buckup
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2010-06-01
Subjects:	Burrow morphology crayfish galleries
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702010000300004

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