Parastacidae

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Parastacidae
Parastacidae is the family of freshwater crayfish found in the southern hemisphere. The family is a classic Gondwana-distributed taxon, with extant members in South AmericaMadagascarAustraliaNew Zealand and New Guinea, and extinct taxa also in Antarctica.Three genera are to be found in Chile, Virilastacus, Samastacus and Parastacus, the last of which also occurs disjunctly in southern Brazil.There are no crayfish native to continental Africa, but six species on Madagascar, all of the genus Astacoides.
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