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

Zoologia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-346

  Noro, Clarissa K ^a   Buckup, Ludwig ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Burrow morphology; Crayfish; Galleries

Indexed keywords

ASTACOIDEA; PARASTACIDAE; PARASTACUS DEFOSSUS;

EID: 79955034434     PISSN: 19844670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1984-46702010000300004     Document Type: Article

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