Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Astacidea (Crayfish) for Zambia (East Africa)

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Checklist for Infraorder Astacidea Latreille, 1802 (Crayfish)
and region Zambia (East Africa)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	22 29 48	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	22 29 48	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	8 12 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	8 12 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	8 12 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Astacidea Latreille, 1802 Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Zambia
2 Families width 2 Species

Parastacidae Huxley, 1879		1	Species	Taxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942	Cambarid crayfishes	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Zambia
2 Genera with 2 Species

Cherax Erichson, 1868	Yabbies	1	Species	Taxom
Procambarus Ortmann, 1852		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Zambia
2 Species

Cherax quadricarinatus von Martens, 1868	Australian red claw crayfish
Procambarus (Scapulicambarus) clarkii Girard, 1852	American crayfish

Subnodes of Astacidea with occurrences in Zambia

Superfamily	Astacoidea Latreille, 1802 Crawdads, Crawfish, Crayfish, Crayfishes, Freshwater lobsters, Mudbugs, Northern hemisphere crawfish	1 1 1	Family Genus 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