Infraorder Astacidea Latreille 1802 (decapod)
Parent taxon: Pleocyemata according to C.E. Schweitzer and R.M. Feldmann 2024
See also Feldmann 1974, Feldmann et al. 1995, Feldmann and Keys 1992, Feldmann et al. 2003, Hegna et al. 2020, Karasawa 2000, Martin and Davis 2001, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Schwentner et al. 2018 and Wolfe et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Achelata, Axiidea, Caridea, Gebiidea, Polychelida, Procaridea, Reptantia, Stenopodea, Stenopodidea
Subtaxa: Astacida Homarida Hoploparia macrodactyla Nymphaeops belgicus Nymphaeops sendenhorstensis Stenocheles parvulus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore