Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Astacidea (Crayfish) for Nigeria (West Africa)

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Checklist for Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802 (Crayfish)
and region Nigeria (West Africa)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	102 206 318	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	102 206 318	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	65 134 232	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	64 133 231	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	59 123 214	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Astacidea Latreille, 1802 Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Nigeria
2 Families width 2 Species

Nephropidae Dana, 1852	Clawed Lobster	1	Species	Taxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942	Cambarid crayfishes	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Nigeria
2 Genera with 2 Species

Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1882		1	Species	Taxom
Procambarus Ortmann, 1852		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Nigeria
2 Species

Nephropsis atlantica Norman, 1882	Scarlet clawed lobster
Procambarus (Scapulicambarus) clarkii Girard, 1852	American crayfish

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in Nigeria

Superfamily	Astacoidea Latreille, 1802 Crawdads, Crawfish, Crayfish, Crayfishes, Freshwater lobsters, Mudbugs, Northern hemisphere crawfish	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Nephropoidea Dana, 1852	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