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

Taxonomy & Distribution
Browser for Arthropods

Region search

Countries

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNPRSTUVYZ

⌕

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

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	53 117 161	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	53 117 161	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	48 109 151	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	48 109 151	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	46 107 149	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Astacidea Latreille, 1802 Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters	2 4 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Western Indian Ocean
2 Families width 6 Species

Enoplometopidae (de Saint Lau..., 1988)	Reef lobsters	1	Species	Taxom
Nephropidae Dana, 1852	Clawed Lobster	5	Species	Taxom

Genera for Western Indian Ocean
4 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Western Indian Ocean
6 Species

Hoplometopus antillensis (Lütken, 1865)	⇒ Acanthacaris tenuimana Bate, 1888
Metanephrops andamanicus Wood-Mason, 1892	Andaman lobster
Nephropsis ensirostris Alcock, 1901	Gladiator lobsterette
Nephropsis malhaensis Borradaile, 1910	Saya de Malha lobsterette
Nephropsis suhmi Bate, 1888	Red And White Lobsterette
Thymopides grobovi Burukovsky &..., 1976	Bellator lobster

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in Western Indian Ocean

Superfamily	Nephropoidea Dana, 1852	1 3 5	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Parastacoidea Huxley, 1879 Crayfishes, Southern hemisphere crawfish	1 1 1	Family Genus 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