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

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

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	207 522 746	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	206 521 743	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	87 232 347	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	86 229 344	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	79 209 313	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Astacidea Latreille, 1802 Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters	2 3 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Western Cape
2 Families width 3 Species

Nephropidae Dana, 1852	Clawed Lobster	2	Species	Taxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942	Cambarid crayfishes	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Western Cape
3 Genera with 3 Species

Species list for Western Cape
3 Species

Homarinus capensis Herbst, 1792	Cape lobster
Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758	Common lobster
Orconectes (Gremicambarus) virilis Hagen, 1870	Common Crawfish

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in Western Cape

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 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