Checklist for Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802 (Crayfish)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 246
1090
2530 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 245
1089
2527 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 134
788
2104 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 133
784
2097 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 124
745
2006 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters | 4
10
28 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Papua New Guinea
4 Families width 28 Species
Genera for Papua New Guinea
10 Genera with 28 Species | Acanthacaris Bate, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cherax Erichson, 1868 | Yabbies | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Engaeus Erichson, 1990 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Enoplometopus Milne-Edwards, 1983 | Reef lobsters | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Euastacus Clark, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metanephrops Jenkins, 1991 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1990 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Orconectes Cope, 1817 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paranephrops White, 1842 | Koura | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thaumastocheles Wood-Mason, 2014 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Papua New Guinea
28 Species | Acanthacaris tenuimana Bate, 1888 | Prickly deep-sea lobster | | Cherax (Astaconephrops) monticola Holthuis, 1950 | Brown Coral Crayfish | | Cherax (Cherax) peknyi Lukhaup & He..., 2008 | Zebra Crayfish | | Cherax albertisii Nobili, 1899 | Blue Crayfish | | Cherax bicarinatus Gray, 1845 | White-clawed Yabby | | Cherax buitendijkae Holthuis, 1949 | Mountain nettle | | Cherax communis Holthuis, 1949 | Mountain nettle | | Cherax murido Holthuis, 1949 | Mountain nettle | | Cherax pallidus Holthuis, 1949 | Mountain nettle | | Cherax papuanus Holthuis, 1949 | Mountain nettle | | Cherax quadricarinatus von Martens, 1868 | Australian red claw crayfish | | Engaeus mallacoota Horwitz, 1990 | Mallacoota burrowing crayfish | | Enoplometopus (Enoplometopus) crosnieri Chan & Yu, 1998 | | | Enoplometopus (Enoplometopus) occidentalis Randall, 1840 | Hairy reef lobster | | Enoplometopus daumi Holthuis, 1983 | Daum's Reef Lobster | | Euastacus crassus Riek, 1969 | Alpine Crayfish | | Metanephrops andamanicus Wood-Mason, 1892 | Andaman lobster | | Metanephrops boschmai Holthuis, 1964 | Bight Lobster | | Metanephrops sibogae De Man, 1916 | Melville Island Scampi | | Metanephrops velutinus Chan & Yu, 1991 | Andaman Scampi | | Nephropsis holthuisi Macpherson, 1993 | | | Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993 | | | Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872 | Indian Ocean Lobsterette | | Nephropsis sulcata Macpherson, 1990 | Grooved Lobsterette | | Orconectes (Faxonius) limosus Rafinesque, 1817 | Delcore Crayfish | | Paranephrops planifrons White, 1842 | Northern Koura | | Thaumastocheles japonicus Calman, 1913 | Pacific pincer lobster | | Thaumastocheles massonktenos Chang, Chan ..., 2014 | |
Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in Papua New Guinea | 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
4
11 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Parastacoidea
Huxley, 1879
Crayfishes, Southern hemisphere crawfish | 2
5
16 | Families
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
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