Aegla is a genus of freshwater anomuran crabs encompassing 94 described species
occurring in meridional South America. Brazil harbours the greatest diversity of species …

Three new cave-dwelling aeglid species from the Alto Ribeira karst region, south-eastern
Brazil, are described. Morphological descriptions are based on traits traditionally used in …

Aegla is the most abundant and diversified genus of freshwater crabs from southern South
America. Despite the high number of species described, their morphological diagnostic …

A new species of Aegla is described and illustrated from Alto Paranapanema (São Paulo
State), a sub-basin of the Paranapanema watershed. The new species is compared to all …

In this contribution, we describe two new species of burrowing crayfish species complex
Parastacus brasiliensis from forestry areas in the central region of the state of Rio Grande do …

Abstract Specimens of Aegla castro Schmitt, 1942 were monthly sampled from June 2012 to
May 2013 from Couro stream (23° 57′ 15 ″S 51° 06′ 00 ″W), located in the Upper …

Aegla lata is a critically endangered species, extinct in its type-locality. Its currently known
geographical distribution is restricted to small streams of the lower Tibagi River Basin …

Geographical isolation is a key element in allopatric speciation. If gene flow is interrupted for
long enough by geographical barriers, populations can evolve independently and …

The need to prevent the extinction of species dates back to the environmental movements of
the 1960s, when the first reports of widespread pollution, ecosystem disruption, and species …

Habitat and taxon-specific properties could affect the propensity for cryptic species to be
formed. For example, anomurans of the genus Aegla possess characteristics that suggest …