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Astacidae (freshwater crayfish)
Taxonomy
Astacidae was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. Its type is Astacus.
It was assigned to Astacura by Rathbun (1926); to Astacoidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Feldmann et al. (2016); and to Astacidea by Glaessner (1969), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2024).
It was assigned to Astacura by Rathbun (1926); to Astacoidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Feldmann et al. (2016); and to Astacidea by Glaessner (1969), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2024).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1802 | Astacidae Latreille |
| 1879 | Potamobiidae Huxley |
| 1926 | Astacidae Rathbun p. 128 |
| 1969 | Astacidae Glaessner |
| 2010 | Astacidae Schweitzer et al. p. 32 |
| 2016 | Astacidae Feldmann et al. p. 1 |
| 2024 | Astacidae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 7 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Astacidae Latreille 1802 [freshwater crayfish]
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G. Astacus Fabricius 1775
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†Astacus edwardsi Van Straelen 1928
†Astacus laevissimus Fritsch and Kafka 1887
†Astacus longimanus Sowerby 1826
†Astacus multicavatus Bell 1863
†Astacus pallipes Lereboullet 1858
G. Cambarus
G. †Emplastron O'Flynn et al. 2021
Invalid names: Potamobiidae Huxley 1879 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 125.77000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Cuenca) | Austropotamobius llopisi (127348) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Cuenca) | Austropotamobius llopisi (152992) | |
| Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) | Austropotamobius llopisi (28006) | |
| Miocene | USA (Oregon) | Pacifastacus chenoderma (140562 140563) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (Oregon) | Pacifastacus chenoderma (140561) | |
| Pliocene | USA (Idaho) | Pacifastacus chenoderma (140560) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Cambarus bartonii, Cambarus longulus (103991) |