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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
288
1145
2299
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
285
1141
2298
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
117
589
1409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
116
584
1384
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
108
551
1296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters
3
10
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Australia
3 Families width 30 Species and 2 Subspecies
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942Cambarid crayfishes0SpeciesTaxom
Parastacidae Huxley, 187919SpeciesTaxom
Nephropidae Dana, 1852Clawed Lobster11SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Australia
10 Genera with 30 Species
Cambarus Erichson, 1846
0SpeciesTaxom
Cherax Erichson, 1912Yabbies11SpeciesTaxom
Engaeus Erichson, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Engaewa Riek, 20005SpeciesTaxom
Euastacus Clark, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Homarus Weber, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Metanephrops Jenkins, 19915SpeciesTaxom
Nephrops Leach, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 19904SpeciesTaxom
Parastacus Huxley, 1879
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Australia
30 Species and 2 Subspecies
Cherax cainii Austin, 2002Marron
Cherax crassimanus Riek, 1967
Cherax destructor Clark, 1936Australian yabbi
Cherax destructor albidus Clark, 1936White Yabbie
Cherax destructor destructor Clark, 1936
Cherax glaber Riek, 1967Koonac
Cherax plebejus Hess, 1865European stream valvata
Cherax preissii Erichson, 1846Black Yabby
Cherax quadricarinatus von Martens, 1868Australian red claw crayfish
Cherax quinquecarinatus J. E. Gray, 1845Djilgi
Cherax tenuimanus Smith, 1912Hairy marron
Engaeus cymus Clark, 1936North-eastern Burrowing Crayfish
Engaeus leptorhynchus Clark, 1936
Engaeus mallacoota Horwitz, 1990Mallacoota burrowing crayfish
Engaewa pseudoreducta Horwitz & Adams, 2000Margaret River Burrowing Crayfish
Engaewa reducta Riek, 1967Dunsborough Burrowing Crayfish
Engaewa similis Riek, 1967
Engaewa subcoerulea Riek, 1967
Engaewa walpolea Horwitz & Adams, 2000Walpole Burrowing Crayfish
Euastacus armatus von Martens, 1866Freshwater cray
Euastacus yarraensis Mccoy, 1888Southern Victorian Spiny Crayfish
Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758Common lobster
Metanephrops australiensis Bruce, 1966Australian Scampi
Metanephrops boschmai Holthuis, 1964Bight Lobster
Metanephrops neptunus Bruce, 1965Neppie Scampi
Metanephrops sibogae De Man, 1916Melville Island Scampi
Metanephrops velutinus Chan & Yu, 1991Andaman Scampi
Nephrops boschmai (Holthuis, 1964)⇒ Metanephrops boschmai Holthuis, 1964
Nephropsis acanthura Macpherson, 1990Spinetail Lobsterette
Nephropsis serrata Macpherson, 1993
Nephropsis stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872Indian Ocean Lobsterette
Nephropsis sulcata Macpherson, 1990Grooved Lobsterette

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in West Australia
SuperfamilyAstacoidea
Latreille, 1802
Crawdads, Crawfish, Crayfish, Crayfishes, Freshwater lobsters, Mudbugs, Northern hemisphere crawfish
1
1
0
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNephropoidea
Dana, 1852
1
4
11
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyParastacoidea
Huxley, 1879
Crayfishes, Southern hemisphere crawfish
1
5
19
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