Aegla alacalufi is a species of freshwater crustacean found in the streams and lakes of Chile's southwestern coast.[2][3] It is found both on islands and on the mainland, and its population is small, sparse, and isolated.[3]
Aegla alacalufi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Anomura |
Family: | Aeglidae |
Genus: | Aegla |
Species: | A. alacalufi
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Binomial name | |
Aegla alacalufi Jara & López, 1981[1]
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References
edit- ^ Jara, Carlos G.; López, María T. (1981). "A New Species of Freshwater Crab (Crustacea: Anomura: Aeglidae) from Insular South Chile" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 94 (1): 88–93. S2CID 91543899 – via the Internet Archive.
- ^ Jara, Carlos G. (2013). "A checklist of the Chilean species of the genus Aegla (Decapoda, Anomura, Aeglidae)". Crustaceana. 86 (12): 1433–40. doi:10.1163/15685403-00003258. S2CID 83500230.
- ^ a b Xu, Jiawu; Pérez-Losada, Marcos; Jara, Carlos G.; Crandall, Keith A. (February 2009). "Pleistocene glaciation leaves deep signature on the freshwater crab Aegla alacalufi in Chilean Patagonia". Molecular Ecology. 18 (5): 904–918. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04070.x. PMID 19207249. S2CID 20082039.