Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Astacidea (Crayfish) for Venezuela (Northern South America)

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Checklist for Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802 (Crayfish)
and region Venezuela (Northern South America)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	205 595 1110	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	204 594 1109	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	98 312 633	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	97 311 631	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	89 279 556	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Astacidea Latreille, 1802 Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters	2 6 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Venezuela
2 Families width 8 Species

Nephropidae Dana, 1852	Clawed Lobster	7	Species	Taxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942	Cambarid crayfishes	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Venezuela
6 Genera with 8 Species

Species list for Venezuela
8 Species

Acanthacaris caeca Milne Edwards, 1881	Atlantic Deep-sea Lobster
Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758	Common lobster
Metanephrops binghami Boone, 1927	Caribbean lobster
Nephrops binghami (Boone, 1927)	⇒ Metanephrops binghami Boone, 1927
Nephropsis aculeata Smith, 1881	Florida lobsterette
Nephropsis neglecta Holthuis, 1974	Ruby lobsterette
Nephropsis rosea Bate, 1888	Rosy lobsterette
Procambarus (Scapulicambarus) clarkii Girard, 1852	American crayfish

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in Venezuela

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 5 7	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