Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Astacidea (Crayfish) for Kenya (East Africa)

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Checklist for Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802 (Crayfish)
and region Kenya (East Africa)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	135 417 789	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	135 417 789	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	77 282 592	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	77 282 592	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	70 261 559	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Astacidea Latreille, 1802 Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters	4 6 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Kenya
4 Families width 8 Species

Astacidae Latreille, 1802	Astacid crayfishes	4	Species	Taxom
Enoplometopidae de Saint Lau..., 1988	Reef lobsters	1	Species	Taxom
Nephropidae Dana, 1852	Clawed Lobster	2	Species	Taxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942	Cambarid crayfishes	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Kenya
6 Genera with 8 Species

Astacus Fabricius, 1758	Crayfish	3	Species	Taxom
Enoplometopus Milne-Edwards, 1840	Reef lobsters	1	Species	Taxom
Metanephrops Jenkins, 1892		1	Species	Taxom
Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1872		1	Species	Taxom
Pontastacus Bott, 1823		1	Species	Taxom
Procambarus Ortmann, 1852		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Kenya
8 Species

Astacus (Pontastacus) leptodactylus (Eschscholtz, 1823)	⇒ Pontastacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823
Astacus astacus Linnaeus, 1758	Broad-clawed Crayfish
Astacus fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)	⇒ Astacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823
Enoplometopus (Enoplometopus) occidentalis Randall, 1840	Hairy reef lobster
Metanephrops andamanicus Wood-Mason, 1892	Andaman lobster
Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872	Indian Ocean Lobsterette
Pontastacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823	Danube Crayfish
Procambarus (Scapulicambarus) clarkii Girard, 1852	American crayfish

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in Kenya

Superfamily	Astacoidea Latreille, 1802 Crawdads, Crawfish, Crayfish, Crayfishes, Freshwater lobsters, Mudbugs, Northern hemisphere crawfish	2 3 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Nephropoidea Dana, 1852	1 2 2	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