Astacidae

Taxobox
name = Astacidae

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Astacus astacus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
infraordo = Astacidea
superfamilia = Astacoidea
familia = Astacidae
familia_authority = Latreille, 1802–1803
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
*"Astacus"
*"Austropotamobius"
*"Pacifastacus"

The family Astacidae comprises the freshwater crayfish native to Europe and western North America. It is made up of three genera. "Pacifastacus" is found on the Pacific coast of the United States and British Columbia and includes the signal crayfish and the Shasta crayfish. The genera "Astacus" and "Austropotamobius" are both found throughout Europe and parts of western Asia.

pecies

The family Astacidae contains 12 species in three genera [cite web |url=http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/crayfish/NewAstacidea/family.asp?f=Astacidae |title=Family Astacidae Latreille, 1802-1803 |work=Crayfish Taxon Browser |author=James W. Fetzner, Jr. |publisher=Carnegie Museum of Natural History |date=2005-05-09] :
*"Astacus astacus" — noble crayfish
*"Astacus leptodactylus" — Danube Crayfish
*"Astacus pachypus" —
*"Austropotamobius italicus"
*"Austropotamobius pallipes" — White-Clawed Crayfish
*"Austropotamobius torrentium" – Stone Crayfish
*"Pacifastacus chenoderma"
*"Pacifastacus connectens"
*"Pacifastacus fortis" — Shasta Crayfish
*"Pacifastacus gambelii"
*"Pacifastacus leniusculus" — Signal Crayfish
*"Pacifastacus nigrescens"

References