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Checklist for Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802 (Crayfish)
and region North Rhine-Westphalia (West Germany, Germany)


Class
 		Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans		35
49
68		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
35
49
68		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Eucarida
Calman, 1904
11
16
20		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns		11
16
20		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
11
16
20		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters		4
9
12		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for North Rhine-Westphalia
4 Families width 12 Species
Astacidae Latreille, 1802Astacid crayfishes5SpeciesTaxom
Parastacidae Huxley, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942Cambarid crayfishes5SpeciesTaxom
Nephropidae Dana, 1852Clawed Lobster1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for North Rhine-Westphalia
9 Genera with 12 Species
Astacus Fabricius, 1758Crayfish2SpeciesTaxom
Austropotamobius Skorikow, 18031SpeciesTaxom
Cherax Erichson, 1868Yabbies1SpeciesTaxom
Faxonius Ortmann, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Homarus Weber, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Orconectes Cope, 18702SpeciesTaxom
Pacifastacus Bott, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pontastacus Bott, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Procambarus Ortmann, 20172SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Rhine-Westphalia
12 Species
Astacus (Pontastacus) leptodactylus (Eschscholtz, 1823)⇒ Pontastacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823
Astacus astacus Linnaeus, 1758Broad-clawed Crayfish
Austropotamobius torrentium Schrank, 1803Stone crayfish
Cherax quadricarinatus von Martens, 1868Australian red claw crayfish
Faxonius limosus Rafinesque, 1817American Crayfish
Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758Common lobster
Orconectes (Faxonius) limosus Rafinesque, 1817Delcore Crayfish
Orconectes (Gremicambarus) immunis Hagen, 1870
Pacifastacus (Pacifastacus) leniusculus Dana, 1852American Signal Crayfish
Pontastacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823Danube Crayfish
Procambarus (Scapulicambarus) clarkii Girard, 1852American crayfish
Procambarus virginalis Lyko, 2017Marbled crayfish

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in North Rhine-Westphalia
SuperfamilyAstacoidea
Latreille, 1802
Crawdads, Crawfish, Crayfish, Crayfishes, Freshwater lobsters, Mudbugs, Northern hemisphere crawfish		2
7
10		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom

SuperfamilyNephropoidea
Dana, 1852
1
1
1		Family
Genus
Species
Taxom

SuperfamilyParastacoidea
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