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Astacidae (freshwater crayfish)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Astacidae

Taxonomy
Astacidae was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant. Its type is Astacus.

It was assigned to Astacura by Rathbun (1926); to Astacidea by Glaessner (1969); and to Astacoidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010) and Feldmann et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Astacidae Latreille
1926Astacidae Rathbun p. 128
1969Astacidae Glaessner
2010Astacidae Schweitzer et al. p. 32
2016Astacidae Feldmann et al. p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
infraorderAstacideaLatreille 1802
AstacidaScholtz and Richter 1995
superfamilyAstacoideaLatreille 1802
familyAstacidaeLatreille 1802
familyAstacidaeLatreille 1802

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. †Astyages Costa 1864
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Astyages effossus Costa 1855
G. Austropotamobius Skorikov 1907
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G. Pacifastacus Bott 1950
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available