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Checklist for Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802 (Crayfish)
and region Brazil (Northern South America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
306
1110
2373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
304
1107
2372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
122
496
1310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
120
490
1294
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
111
447
1177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters
5
12
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Brazil
4 Families width 23 Species
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942Cambarid crayfishes2SpeciesTaxom
Parastacidae Huxley, 187911SpeciesTaxom
Enoplometopidae (de Saint Lau..., 1988)Reef lobsters2SpeciesTaxom
Nephropidae Dana, 1852Clawed Lobster7SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Brazil
10 Genera with 23 Species
Cambarus Erichson, 1846
0SpeciesTaxom
Engaeus Erichson, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Enoplometopus Milne-Edwards, 1865Reef lobsters1SpeciesTaxom
Homarus Weber, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Hoplometopus Holthuis, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Metanephrops Jenkins, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Nephrops Leach, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 18884SpeciesTaxom
Parastacus Huxley, 18989SpeciesTaxom
Procambarus Ortmann, 18521SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Brazil
23 Species
Engaeus cymus Clark, 1936North-eastern Burrowing Crayfish
Engaeus mallacoota Horwitz, 1990Mallacoota burrowing crayfish
Enoplometopus antillensis Lüken, 1865Atlantic reef lobster
Homarus americanus H. Milne-Edw..., 1837American Clawed Lobster
Hoplometopus antillensis (Lütken, 1865)⇒ Acanthacaris tenuimana Bate, 1888
Metanephrops rubellus Moreira, 1903Urugavian lobster
Nephrops rubellus (Moreira, 1903)⇒ Metanephrops rubellus Moreira, 1903
Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881Florida lobsterette
Nephropsis agassizii A. Milne-Edw..., 1880Prickly lobsterette
Nephropsis neglecta Holthuis, 1974Ruby lobsterette
Nephropsis rosea Bate, 1888Rosy lobsterette
Parastacus brasiliensis von Martens, 1869
Parastacus buckupi Huber, Ribei..., 2018
Parastacus caeruleodactylus Ribeiro & Ar..., 2016Blue-fingered Burrowing Crayfish
Parastacus defossus Faxon, 1898
Parastacus fluviatilis Ribeiro & Bu..., 2016Highland Streams Crayfish
Parastacus laevigatus Buckup and R..., 1980Smooth mussel crab
Parastacus pilicarpus Huber, Ribei..., 2018
Parastacus pilimanus von Martens, 1869
Parastacus varicosus Faxon, 1898
Procambarus (Scapulicambarus) clarkii Girard, 1852American crayfish

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in Brazil
SuperfamilyAstacoidea
Latreille, 1802
Crawdads, Crawfish, Crayfish, Crayfishes, Freshwater lobsters, Mudbugs, Northern hemisphere crawfish
2
4
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNephropoidea
Dana, 1852
1
4
7
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyParastacoidea
Huxley, 1879
Crayfishes, Southern hemisphere crawfish
2
4
13
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