Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Astacidea (Crayfish) for Namibia (Southern Africa)

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Checklist for Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802 (Crayfish)
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	156 354 515	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	155 353 513	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	60 129 209	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	59 122 196	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	53 105 161	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Astacidea Latreille, 1802 Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters	2 4 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Namibia
2 Families width 4 Species

Parastacidae Huxley, 1879		2	Species	Taxom
Nephropidae Dana, 1852	Clawed Lobster	2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Namibia
4 Genera with 4 Species

Species list for Namibia
4 Species

Cherax quadricarinatus von Martens, 1868	Australian red claw crayfish
Euastacus urospinosus Riek, 1956	Maleny Crayfish
Metanephrops mozambicus Macpherson, 1990	African lobster
Nephropsis atlantica Norman, 1882	Scarlet clawed lobster

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in Namibia

Superfamily	Nephropoidea Dana, 1852	1 2 2	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Parastacoidea Huxley, 1879 Crayfishes, Southern hemisphere crawfish	1 2 2	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