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Taxonomy of Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters


Class
 		Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans		1033
12148
92586		Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 		Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
995
11546
91261		Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 		Eucarida
Calman, 1904
379
5045
43294		Families
Genera
Species

Order
 		Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns		376
5018
43105		Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 		Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
278
4664
41091		Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 		Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters		14
125
1977		Families
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Astacidea Latreille, 1802
SuperfamilyAstacoidea
Latreille, 1802
Crawdads, Crawfish, Crayfish, Crayfishes, Mudbugs		4
32
1076		Families
Genera
Species
SuperfamilyEnoplometopoidea
de Saint Laurent, 1988
1
2
5		Family
Genera
Species
SuperfamilyNephropoidea
Dana, 1852
4
47
336		Families
Genera
Species
SuperfamilyPalaeopalaemonoidea ♰
1
1
1		Family
Genus
Species
SuperfamilyParastacoidea
Huxley, 1879
Crayfishes, Southern hemisphere crawfish		4
43
559		Families
Genera
Species

Synonyms
Astacura (Borradaile, 1907)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Astacidea
GermanGroßkrebse, Krebse
EnglishCrayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters
SwedishKräftor och humrar


Distribution and Species lists of Astacidea Latreille, 1802
#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNPRSTUVYZ
Afghanistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAlbania
2 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesAlgeria
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesAndorra
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAngola
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAntigua and Barbuda
2 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesArgentina
5 Families  11 Genera  20 SpeciesArmenia
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesAustralia
7 Families  39 Genera  261 SpeciesAustria
3 Families  8 Genera  16 SpeciesAzerbaijan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBahamas
4 Families  11 Genera  13 SpeciesBelarus
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesBelgium
4 Families  11 Genera  19 SpeciesBelize
2 Families  6 Genera  10 SpeciesBolivia
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesBosnia and Herzegovina
2 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesBrazil
5 Families  12 Genera  23 SpeciesBulgaria
2 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesCanada
6 Families  16 Genera  35 SpeciesCape Verde
3 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesCentral African Republic
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesChile
4 Families  9 Genera  17 SpeciesChina
5 Families  18 Genera  45 SpeciesColombia
4 Families  12 Genera  16 SpeciesCook Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCosta Rica
3 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesCroatia
3 Families  8 Genera  11 SpeciesCuba
4 Families  11 Genera  24 SpeciesCyprus
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCzech Republic
4 Families  8 Genera  11 SpeciesDenmark
4 Families  12 Genera  21 SpeciesDominica
1 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesDominican Republic
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesEast Timor
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesEcuador
3 Families  6 Genera  8 SpeciesEgypt
2 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesEquatorial Guinea
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesEstonia
3 Families  6 Genera  6 SpeciesFiji
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesFinland
3 Families  7 Genera  10 SpeciesFrance
8 Families  27 Genera  128 SpeciesGabon
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesGambia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGeorgia
4 Families  11 Genera  46 SpeciesGermany
8 Families  21 Genera  55 SpeciesGhana
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGreece
3 Families  12 Genera  31 SpeciesGrenada
2 Families  6 Genera  6 SpeciesGuatemala
1 Families  2 Genera  6 SpeciesGuinea
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesGuinea-Bissau
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesHonduras
3 Families  7 Genera  10 SpeciesHungary
3 Families  7 Genera  9 SpeciesIceland
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesIndia
3 Families  9 Genera  24 SpeciesIndonesia
4 Families  11 Genera  42 SpeciesIran
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesIraq
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIreland
3 Families  9 Genera  13 SpeciesIsrael
3 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesItaly
5 Families  16 Genera  48 SpeciesIvory Coast
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesJamaica
3 Families  7 Genera  8 SpeciesJapan
5 Families  12 Genera  29 SpeciesKazakhstan
3 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesKenya
4 Families  6 Genera  8 SpeciesKiribati
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLatvia
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesLebanon
4 Families  6 Genera  10 SpeciesLiberia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLibya
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLithuania
2 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesLuxembourg
3 Families  7 Genera  7 SpeciesMadagascar
5 Families  11 Genera  27 SpeciesMalaysia
2 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesMaldives
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesMalta
4 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesMarshall Islands
1 Families  2 Genera  5 SpeciesMauritania
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMauritius
4 Families  6 Genera  7 SpeciesMexico
5 Families  21 Genera  114 SpeciesMicronesia
3 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesMoldova
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesMongolia
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesMontenegro
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesMorocco
3 Families  6 Genera  43 SpeciesMozambique
1 Families  2 Genera  6 SpeciesMyanmar
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesNamibia
2 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesNetherlands
4 Families  22 Genera  75 SpeciesNew Zealand
5 Families  12 Genera  22 SpeciesNicaragua
2 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesNigeria
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesNorway
4 Families  19 Genera  76 SpeciesPalau
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesPalestine
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesPanama
4 Families  10 Genera  16 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
4 Families  10 Genera  28 SpeciesParaguay
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesPeru
3 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesPhilippines
5 Families  11 Genera  23 SpeciesPoland
4 Families  12 Genera  18 SpeciesPortugal
4 Families  7 Genera  9 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
5 Families  12 Genera  22 SpeciesRomania
3 Families  8 Genera  9 SpeciesRussia
3 Families  10 Genera  22 SpeciesRwanda
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSaint Kitts and Nevis
1 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesSaint Lucia
3 Families  5 Genera  3 SpeciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesSerbia
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesSeychelles
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSierra Leone
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesSingapore
2 Families  2 Genera  4 SpeciesSlovakia
2 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesSlovenia
4 Families  6 Genera  7 SpeciesSolomon Islands
4 Families  10 Genera  19 SpeciesSouth Korea
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSpain
6 Families  12 Genera  16 SpeciesSri Lanka
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSudan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSuriname
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesSweden
4 Families  25 Genera  134 SpeciesSwitzerland
5 Families  10 Genera  17 SpeciesSyria
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTaiwan
5 Families  11 Genera  31 SpeciesTanzania
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesThailand
3 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesTogo
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
3 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesTunisia
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesTurkey
3 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesTurkmenistan
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesUganda
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUkraine
3 Families  4 Genera  7 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
6 Families  27 Genera  133 SpeciesUruguay
2 Families  3 Genera  7 SpeciesUSA
8 Families  40 Genera  548 SpeciesUzbekistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesVanuatu
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesVenezuela
2 Families  6 Genera  8 SpeciesVietnam
3 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesYemen
2 Families  2 Genera  4 SpeciesZambia
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesZimbabwe
2 Families  2 Genera  2 Species


Distribution on islands
#ACEFHIMNOSUW
Azores
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesCapricorn Group
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesEast Aleutians
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesFox Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesHebrides
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesInner Hebrides
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesIslands of Chile
3 Families  6 Genera  6 SpeciesMacaronesia
3 Families  9 Genera  9 SpeciesNear Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesNorthern Isles
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesNorthern Orkney Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesOrkney Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesOuter Hebrides
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSavage Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesShetland Islands
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSouth Orkney Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSouth Shetland Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSouthern Orkney Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUist
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesWest Aleutians
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesWestern Orkney Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species


Found in fossile formations
Green River Formation
1 Families  4 Genera  18 SpeciesGreensand Formations
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLondon Clay Formation
2 Families  5 Genera  4 SpeciesLower Greensand Formation
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesWellington Formation
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species


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