Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Astacidea (Crayfish) for Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)

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

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	134 402 820	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	134 402 820	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	80 289 645	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	78 282 629	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	72 271 613	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Astacidea Latreille, 1802 Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters	4 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Mauritius
4 Families width 7 Species

Astacidae Latreille, 1802	Astacid crayfishes	2	Species	Taxom
Parastacidae Huxley, 1879		2	Species	Taxom
Enoplometopidae de Saint Lau..., 1988	Reef lobsters	2	Species	Taxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942	Cambarid crayfishes	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Mauritius
6 Genera with 7 Species

Astacus Fabricius, 1758	Crayfish	1	Species	Taxom
Cherax Erichson, 1912	Yabbies	1	Species	Taxom
Engaeus Erichson, 1990		1	Species	Taxom
Enoplometopus Milne-Edwards, 1862	Reef lobsters	2	Species	Taxom
Pacifastacus Bott, 1852		1	Species	Taxom
Procambarus Ortmann, 1852		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Mauritius
7 Species

Astacus astacus Linnaeus, 1758	Broad-clawed Crayfish
Cherax tenuimanus Smith, 1912	Hairy marron
Engaeus mallacoota Horwitz, 1990	Mallacoota burrowing crayfish
Enoplometopus (Enoplometopus) occidentalis Randall, 1840	Hairy reef lobster
Enoplometopus pictus Milne-Edwards, 1862
Pacifastacus (Pacifastacus) leniusculus Dana, 1852	American Signal Crayfish
Procambarus (Scapulicambarus) clarkii Girard, 1852	American crayfish

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in Mauritius

Superfamily	Astacoidea Latreille, 1802 Crawdads, Crawfish, Crayfish, Crayfishes, Freshwater lobsters, Mudbugs, Northern hemisphere crawfish	2 3 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Parastacoidea Huxley, 1879 Crayfishes, Southern hemisphere crawfish	2 3 4	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