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Checklist for Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802 (Crayfish)
and region Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
296
1339
3460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
295
1337
3457
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
146
852
2513
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
143
844
2486
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
133
801
2376
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters
5
17
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Indian Ocean islands
5 Families width 39 Species and 1 Subspecies
Nephropidae Dana, 1852Clawed Lobster15SpeciesTaxom
Parastacidae Huxley, 187913SpeciesTaxom
Astacidae Latreille, 1802Astacid crayfishes3SpeciesTaxom
Enoplometopidae (de Saint Lau..., 1988)Reef lobsters5SpeciesTaxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942Cambarid crayfishes3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Indian Ocean islands
17 Genera with 39 Species
Acanthacaris Bate, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Astacoides Guérin-Ménev..., 186510SpeciesTaxom
Astacus Fabricius, 1841Crayfish2SpeciesTaxom
Cherax Erichson, 1912Yabbies2SpeciesTaxom
Engaeus Erichson, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Enoplometopus Milne-Edwards, 1862Reef lobsters4SpeciesTaxom
Euastacus Clark, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Eunephrops S. I. Smith, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Hoplometopus Holthuis, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Hoploparia Mccoy, 19644SpeciesTaxom
Metanephrops Jenkins, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 19905SpeciesTaxom
Pacifastacus Bott, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Procambarus Ortmann, 20173SpeciesTaxom
Thaumastocheles Wood-Mason, 20142SpeciesTaxom
Thaumastochelopsis Bruce, 1988
0SpeciesTaxom
Thymopides Burukovsky &..., 19761SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indian Ocean islands
39 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acanthacaris tenuimana Bate, 1888Prickly deep-sea lobster
Astacoides betsileoensis Petit, 1923Orambanonga
Astacoides caldwelli Bate, 1865Orana mena
Astacoides crosnieri Hobbs, 1987Orampotoka
Astacoides granulimanus Monod & Petit, 1929Orandambo
Astacoides hobbsi Boyko, 2005Orapotsy
Astacoides madagascarensis H. Milne-Edw..., 1839Madagascar Freshwater Crayfish
Astacoides madagascariensis A. Milne Edw..., 1839
Astacoides madagascariensis brevirostris Monod & Petit, 1929
Astacoides petiti Hobbs, 1987Orambato
Astacoides spinifer (Heller, 1865)⇒ Euastacus spinifer Heller, 1865
Astacus astacus Linnaeus, 1758Broad-clawed Crayfish
Astacus madagascariensis Audouin & Mi..., 1841
Cherax quadricarinatus von Martens, 1868Australian red claw crayfish
Cherax tenuimanus Smith, 1912Hairy marron
Engaeus mallacoota Horwitz, 1990Mallacoota burrowing crayfish
Enoplometopus (Enoplometopus) occidentalis Randall, 1840Hairy reef lobster
Enoplometopus debelius Holthuis, 1983Debelius reef lobster
Enoplometopus holthuisi Gordon, 1968Bullseye reef lobster
Enoplometopus pictus Milne-Edwards, 1862
Euastacus yanga Morgan, 1997Southern Lobster
Eunephrops cadenasi Chace, 1939Scullptured lobster
Hoplometopus holthuisi (Gordon, 1968)⇒ Enoplometopus holthuisi Gordon, 1968
Hoploparia collignoni Van Straelen, 1949
Hoploparia intermedia Secretan, 1964
Hoploparia pusilla Secretan, 1964
Hoploparia sculpta Secretan, 1964
Metanephrops mozambicus Macpherson, 1990African lobster
Nephropsis acanthura Macpherson, 1990Spinetail Lobsterette
Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881Florida lobsterette
Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872Indian Ocean Lobsterette
Nephropsis suhmi Bate, 1888Red And White Lobsterette
Nephropsis sulcata Macpherson, 1990Grooved Lobsterette
Pacifastacus (Pacifastacus) leniusculus Dana, 1852American Signal Crayfish
Procambarus (Ortmannicus) fallax Hagen, 1870Deceitful Crayfish
Procambarus (Scapulicambarus) clarkii Girard, 1852American crayfish
Procambarus virginalis Lyko, 2017Marbled crayfish
Thaumastocheles japonicus Calman, 1913Pacific pincer lobster
Thaumastocheles massonktenos Chang, Chan ..., 2014
Thymopides grobovi Burukovsky &..., 1976Bellator lobster

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in Indian Ocean islands
SuperfamilyAstacoidea
Latreille, 1802
Crawdads, Crawfish, Crayfish, Crayfishes, Freshwater lobsters, Mudbugs, Northern hemisphere crawfish
2
3
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNephropoidea
Dana, 1852
1
8
15
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyParastacoidea
Huxley, 1879
Crayfishes, Southern hemisphere crawfish
2
6
18
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