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Checklist for Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802 (Crayfish)
and region Indian Ocean (World Oceans)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
264
991
2154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
262
988
2151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
129
622
1527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
126
616
1509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
117
574
1372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters
4
10
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Indian Ocean
4 Families width 27 Species
Nephropidae Dana, 1852Clawed Lobster20SpeciesTaxom
Parastacidae Huxley, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Enoplometopidae (de Saint Lau..., 1988)Reef lobsters5SpeciesTaxom
Glypheidae Zittel, 18851SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Indian Ocean
10 Genera with 27 Species
Acanthacaris Bate, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Cherax Erichson, 1936Yabbies1SpeciesTaxom
Enoplometopus Milne-Edwards, 1862Reef lobsters4SpeciesTaxom
Hoplometopus Holthuis, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Metanephrops Jenkins, 19916SpeciesTaxom
Neoglyphea Forest & de ..., 19751SpeciesTaxom
Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 18887SpeciesTaxom
Thaumastocheles Wood-Mason, 18733SpeciesTaxom
Thaumastochelopsis Bruce, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Thymopides Burukovsky &..., 19761SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indian Ocean
27 Species
Acanthacaris tenuimana Bate, 1888Prickly deep-sea lobster
Cherax destructor Clark, 1936Australian yabbi
Enoplometopus (Enoplometopus) occidentalis Randall, 1840Hairy reef lobster
Enoplometopus daumi Holthuis, 1983Daum's Reef Lobster
Enoplometopus holthuisi Gordon, 1968Bullseye reef lobster
Enoplometopus pictus Milne-Edwards, 1862
Hoplometopus antillensis (Lütken, 1865)⇒ Acanthacaris tenuimana Bate, 1888
Metanephrops andamanicus Wood-Mason, 1892Andaman lobster
Metanephrops boschmai Holthuis, 1964Bight Lobster
Metanephrops mozambicus Macpherson, 1990African lobster
Metanephrops sibogae De Man, 1916Melville Island Scampi
Metanephrops thomsoni Bate, 1888Red-banded lobster
Metanephrops velutinus Chan & Yu, 1991Andaman Scampi
Neoglyphea inopinata Forest & Sai..., 1975Fenix Lobster
Nephropsis atlantica Norman, 1882Scarlet clawed lobster
Nephropsis carpenteri Wood-Mason, 1885Ridge-back lobsterette
Nephropsis ensirostris Alcock, 1901Gladiator lobsterette
Nephropsis malhaensis Borradaile, 1910Saya de Malha lobsterette
Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993
Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872Indian Ocean Lobsterette
Nephropsis suhmi Bate, 1888Red And White Lobsterette
Thaumastocheles dochmiodon Chan & Saint..., 1999
Thaumastocheles japonicus Calman, 1913Pacific pincer lobster
Thaumastocheles zaleucus Thomson, 1873Atlantic deep-sea lobster
Thaumastochelopsis brucei Ahyong, Chu ..., 2007
Thaumastochelopsis wardi Bruce, 1988Australian pincer lobster
Thymopides grobovi Burukovsky &..., 1976Bellator lobster

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in Indian Ocean
SuperfamilyNephropoidea
Dana, 1852
1
6
20
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyParastacoidea
Huxley, 1879
Crayfishes, Southern hemisphere crawfish
3
4
7
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