Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Astacidea (Crayfish) for Egypt (Near East)

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Checklist for Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802 (Crayfish)
and region Egypt (Near East)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	157 401 754	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	156 400 753	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	77 232 483	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	76 231 482	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	71 216 447	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Astacidea Latreille, 1802 Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters	2 3 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Egypt
2 Families width 6 Species and 1 Subspecies

Nephropidae Dana, 1852	Clawed Lobster	3	Species	Taxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942	Cambarid crayfishes	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Egypt
3 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Egypt
6 Species and 1 Subspecies

Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758	Common lobster
Homarus vulgaris (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)	⇒ Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758
Nephrops norvegicus Linnaeus, 1758	Dublin Bay prawn
Procambarus acutus acutus Girard, 1852	White river crawfish
Procambarus (Ortmannicus) zonangulus Hobbs & Hobbs, 1990	Southern White River Crawfish
Procambarus (Scapulicambarus) clarkii Girard, 1852	American crayfish

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in Egypt

Superfamily	Astacoidea Latreille, 1802 Crawdads, Crawfish, Crayfish, Crayfishes, Freshwater lobsters, Mudbugs, Northern hemisphere crawfish	1 1 3	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Nephropoidea Dana, 1852	1 2 3	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