Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Astacidea (Crayfish) for New Guinea (Australasia)

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Checklist for Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802 (Crayfish)
and region New Guinea (Australasia)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	84 215 372	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	84 215 372	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	56 170 326	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	55 167 320	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	50 157 305	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Astacidea Latreille, 1802 Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters	2 2 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for New Guinea
2 Families width 8 Species

Parastacidae Huxley, 1879		7	Species	Taxom
Enoplometopidae de Saint Lau..., 1988	Reef lobsters	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for New Guinea
2 Genera with 8 Species

Cherax Erichson, 1949	Yabbies	7	Species	Taxom
Enoplometopus Milne-Edwards, 1887	Reef lobsters	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for New Guinea
8 Species

Cherax (Astaconephrops) boesemani C. Lukhaup &..., 2008	Red brick Crayfish
Cherax (Cherax) holthuisi Lukhaup & Pekny, 2006	Apricot Crayfish
Cherax buitendijkae Holthuis, 1949	Mountain nettle
Cherax communis Holthuis, 1949	Mountain nettle
Cherax lorentzi Roux, 1911
Cherax murido Holthuis, 1949	Mountain nettle
Cherax pallidus Holthuis, 1949	Mountain nettle
Enoplometopus longirostris De Man, 1887

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in New Guinea

Superfamily

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2
8

Families
Genera
Species

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