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Checklist for Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802 (Crayfish)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 		Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans		242
727
1187		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
240
725
1182		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Eucarida
Calman, 1904
100
340
567		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns		99
337
563		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
92
310
509		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters		3
7
9		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape
3 Families width 9 Species
Parastacidae Huxley, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Nephropidae Dana, 1852Clawed Lobster4SpeciesTaxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942Cambarid crayfishes3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape
7 Genera with 9 Species
Engaeus Erichson, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Euastacus Clark, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Homarinus Kornfield, W..., 17921SpeciesTaxom
Homarus Weber, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Nephrops Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Orconectes Cope, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Procambarus Ortmann, 18521SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
9 Species
Engaeus laevis Clark, 1941Richards Burrowing Crayfish
Euastacus armatus von Martens, 1866Freshwater cray
Homarinus capensis Herbst, 1792Cape lobster
Homarus capensis (Herbst, 1792)⇒ Homarinus capensis Herbst, 1792
Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758Common lobster
Nephrops norvegicus Linnaeus, 1758Dublin Bay prawn
Orconectes (Gremicambarus) virilis Hagen, 1870Common Crawfish
Orconectes (Procericambarus) rusticus Girard, 1852Rusty crayfish
Procambarus (Ortmannicus) acutus Girard, 1852White river crawfish

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in Cape
SuperfamilyAstacoidea
Latreille, 1802
Crawdads, Crawfish, Crayfish, Crayfishes, Freshwater lobsters, Mudbugs, Northern hemisphere crawfish		1
2
3		Family
Genera
Species
Taxom

SuperfamilyNephropoidea
Dana, 1852
1
3
4		Family
Genera
Species
Taxom

SuperfamilyParastacoidea
Huxley, 1879
Crayfishes, Southern hemisphere crawfish		1
2
2		Family
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