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Checklist for Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802 (Crayfish)
and region Atlantic Ocean (World Oceans)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
359
1638
4948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
356
1632
4934
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
147
797
2869
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
144
787
2814
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
135
726
2605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters
5
20
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Atlantic Ocean
5 Families width 38 Species and 1 Subspecies
Nephropidae Dana, 1852Clawed Lobster22SpeciesTaxom
Astacidae Latreille, 1802Astacid crayfishes5SpeciesTaxom
Parastacidae Huxley, 18794SpeciesTaxom
Enoplometopidae (de Saint Lau..., 1988)Reef lobsters3SpeciesTaxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942Cambarid crayfishes4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Atlantic Ocean
20 Genera with 38 Species
Acanthacaris Bate, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Astacus Fabricius, 1758Crayfish3SpeciesTaxom
Austropotamobius Skorikow, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Cherax Erichson, 1993Yabbies4SpeciesTaxom
Enoplometopus Milne-Edwards, 1970Reef lobsters2SpeciesTaxom
Eunephrops S. I. Smith, 19744SpeciesTaxom
Homarinus Kornfield, W..., 17921SpeciesTaxom
Homarus Weber, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Hoplometopus Holthuis, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Metanephrops Jenkins, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Nephropides Manning, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Nephrops Leach, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 18885SpeciesTaxom
Orconectes Cope, 18702SpeciesTaxom
Pacifastacus Bott, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Procambarus Ortmann, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Thaumastocheles Wood-Mason, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Thymopides Burukovsky &..., 19761SpeciesTaxom
Thymops Holthuis, 20122SpeciesTaxom
Thymopsis Holthuis, 19741SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Atlantic Ocean
38 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acanthacaris caeca Milne Edwards, 1881Atlantic Deep-sea Lobster
Astacus (Pontastacus) leptodactylus (Eschscholtz, 1823)⇒ Pontastacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823
Astacus astacus Linnaeus, 1758Broad-clawed Crayfish
Astacus marinus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758
Austropotamobius pallipes Lereboullet, 1858Atlantic stream crayfish
Cherax (Cherax) holthuisi Lukhaup & Pekny, 2006Apricot Crayfish
Cherax destructor Clark, 1936Australian yabbi
Cherax nucifraga Short, 1991
Cherax parvus Short & Davey, 1993
Enoplometopus antillensis Lüken, 1865Atlantic reef lobster
Enoplometopus callistus Intès & Le L..., 1970
Eunephrops bairdii Smith, 1885Red lobster
Eunephrops cadenasi Chace, 1939Scullptured lobster
Eunephrops luckhursti Manning, 1997
Eunephrops manningi Holthuis, 1974Banded lobster
Homarinus capensis Herbst, 1792Cape lobster
Homarus americanus H. Milne-Edw..., 1837American Clawed Lobster
Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758Common lobster
Hoplometopus antillensis (Lütken, 1865)⇒ Acanthacaris tenuimana Bate, 1888
Metanephrops binghami Boone, 1927Caribbean lobster
Metanephrops rubellus Moreira, 1903Urugavian lobster
Nephropides caribaeus Manning, 1969Mitten lobsterette
Nephrops norvegicus Linnaeus, 1758Dublin Bay prawn
Nephrops norvegicus meridionalis Zariquiey Ce..., 1935
Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881Florida lobsterette
Nephropsis agassizii A. Milne-Edw..., 1880Prickly lobsterette
Nephropsis atlantica Norman, 1882Scarlet clawed lobster
Nephropsis neglecta Holthuis, 1974Ruby lobsterette
Nephropsis rosea Bate, 1888Rosy lobsterette
Orconectes (Faxonius) limosus Rafinesque, 1817Delcore Crayfish
Orconectes (Gremicambarus) virilis Hagen, 1870Common Crawfish
Pacifastacus (Pacifastacus) leniusculus Dana, 1852American Signal Crayfish
Procambarus (Ortmannicus) acutus Girard, 1852White river crawfish
Procambarus (Scapulicambarus) clarkii Girard, 1852American crayfish
Thaumastocheles zaleucus Thomson, 1873Atlantic deep-sea lobster
Thymopides laurentae Burukovsky &..., 1976
Thymops birsteini Zarenkov & S..., 1972Patagonian lobsterette
Thymops takedai Ahyong, Webe..., 2012
Thymopsis nilenta Holthuis, 1974Nilenta lobsterette

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in Atlantic Ocean
SuperfamilyAstacoidea
Latreille, 1802
Crawdads, Crawfish, Crayfish, Crayfishes, Freshwater lobsters, Mudbugs, Northern hemisphere crawfish
2
5
9
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNephropoidea
Dana, 1852
1
12
22
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyParastacoidea
Huxley, 1879
Crayfishes, Southern hemisphere crawfish
2
3
7
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Astacidea at artfakta.se
Astacidea at biodiversity.org.au
Astacidea at dyntaxa.se
Astacidea at itis.gov
Astacidea at marinespecies.org