Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Astacidea (Crayfish) for Ecuador (Northern South America)

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

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	218 545 999	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	217 543 998	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	114 336 712	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	113 332 696	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	105 307 644	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Astacidea Latreille, 1802 Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters	3 6 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Ecuador
2 Families width 8 Species

Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942	Cambarid crayfishes	4	Species	Taxom
Parastacidae Huxley, 1879		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Ecuador
3 Genera with 8 Species

Species list for Ecuador
8 Species

Cambarellus (Cambarellus) chapalanus Faxon, 1898	Chapala Dwarf Crayfish
Cherax quadricarinatus von Martens, 1868	Australian red claw crayfish
Procambarus (Leconticambarus) alleni Faxon, 1884	Blue Cray Fish
Procambarus (Procambarus) digueti Bouvier, 1897	Mottled pea crab
Procambarus (Scapulicambarus) clarkii Girard, 1852	American crayfish

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in Ecuador

Superfamily	Astacoidea Latreille, 1802 Crawdads, Crawfish, Crayfish, Crayfishes, Freshwater lobsters, Mudbugs, Northern hemisphere crawfish	1 2 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Parastacoidea Huxley, 1879 Crayfishes, Southern hemisphere crawfish	1 1 1	Family Genus 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