Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Astacidea (Crayfish) for North West (Cape)

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Checklist for Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802 (Crayfish)
and region North West (Cape)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	70 110 130	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	69 109 129	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	38 70 79	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	37 69 78	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	36 66 75	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Astacidea Latreille, 1802 Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters	2 4 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for North West
2 Families width 4 Species

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

Genera for North West
4 Genera with 4 Species

Species list for North West
4 Species

Engaeus laevis Clark, 1941	Richards Burrowing Crayfish
Euastacus armatus von Martens, 1866	Freshwater cray
Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758	Common lobster
Nephrops norvegicus Linnaeus, 1758	Dublin Bay prawn

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in North West

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