Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Astacoidea (Crawdads) for Malta (Europe)

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Checklist for Superfamily Astacoidea Latreille, 1802 (Crawdads)
and region Malta (Europe)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	85 139 188	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	84 138 187	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	43 71 108	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	43 71 108	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	42 70 107	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Astacidea Latreille, 1802 Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters	4 4 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Astacoidea Latreille, 1802 Crawdads, Crawfish, Crayfish, Crayfishes, Mudbugs	2 2 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Malta
2 Families width 3 Species

Astacidae Latreille, 1802	Astacid crayfishes	1	Species	Taxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942	Cambarid crayfishes	2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Malta
2 Genera with 3 Species

Pontastacus Bott, 1823		1	Species	Taxom
Procambarus Ortmann, 2017		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Malta
3 Species

Pontastacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823	Danube Crayfish
Procambarus (Scapulicambarus) clarkii Girard, 1852	American crayfish
Procambarus virginalis Lyko, 2017	Marbled crayfish

Subnodes of Astacoidea with occurrences in Malta

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

Links, sources and further information

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