Family Astacidae Latreille 1802 (freshwater crayfish)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Astacidae
Parent taxon: Astacoidea according to R. M. Feldmann et al. 2016
See also Glaessner 1969, Rathbun 1926 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Cambaridae, Cambaroididae
Subtaxa: Astacus Astyages Austropotamobius Cambarus Pacifastacus
Type: Astacus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
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