Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Astacoidea (Crawdads) for Kenya (East Africa)

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Checklist for Superfamily Astacoidea Latreille, 1802 (Crawdads)
and region Kenya (East Africa)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	135 417 789	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	135 417 789	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	77 282 592	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	77 282 592	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	70 261 559	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Astacidea Latreille, 1802 Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters	4 6 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Astacoidea Latreille, 1802 Crawdads, Crawfish, Crayfish, Crayfishes, Mudbugs	2 3 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Kenya
2 Families width 5 Species

Astacidae Latreille, 1802	Astacid crayfishes	4	Species	Taxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942	Cambarid crayfishes	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Kenya
3 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Kenya
5 Species

Astacus (Pontastacus) leptodactylus (Eschscholtz, 1823)	⇒ Pontastacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823
Astacus astacus Linnaeus, 1758	Broad-clawed Crayfish
Astacus fluviatilis (Linnaeus, 1758)	⇒ Astacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823
Pontastacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823	Danube Crayfish
Procambarus (Scapulicambarus) clarkii Girard, 1852	American crayfish

Subnodes of Astacoidea with occurrences in Kenya

Family	Astacidae Latreille, 1802 Astacid crayfishes, Crayfish, Crayfishes, Freshwater crayfish	2 4	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942 Cambarid crayfishes, Crayfishes	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Astacoidea at artfakta.se
Astacoidea at dyntaxa.se
Astacoidea at itis.gov
Astacoidea at marinespecies.org