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Checklist for Superfamily Parastacoidea Huxley, 1879 (Crayfishes)
and region Brazil (Northern South America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
306
1110
2373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
304
1107
2372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
122
496
1310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
120
490
1294
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
111
447
1177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters
5
12
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Parastacoidea
Huxley, 1879
Crayfishes, Southern hemisphere crawfish
2
4
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Brazil
2 Families width 13 Species
Parastacidae Huxley, 187911SpeciesTaxom
Enoplometopidae (de Saint Lau..., 1988)Reef lobsters2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Brazil
4 Genera with 13 Species
Engaeus Erichson, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Enoplometopus Milne-Edwards, 1865Reef lobsters1SpeciesTaxom
Hoplometopus Holthuis, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Parastacus Huxley, 18989SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Brazil
13 Species
Engaeus cymus Clark, 1936North-eastern Burrowing Crayfish
Engaeus mallacoota Horwitz, 1990Mallacoota burrowing crayfish
Enoplometopus antillensis Lüken, 1865Atlantic reef lobster
Hoplometopus antillensis (Lütken, 1865)⇒ Acanthacaris tenuimana Bate, 1888
Parastacus brasiliensis von Martens, 1869
Parastacus buckupi Huber, Ribei..., 2018
Parastacus caeruleodactylus Ribeiro & Ar..., 2016Blue-fingered Burrowing Crayfish
Parastacus defossus Faxon, 1898
Parastacus fluviatilis Ribeiro & Bu..., 2016Highland Streams Crayfish
Parastacus laevigatus Buckup and R..., 1980Smooth mussel crab
Parastacus pilicarpus Huber, Ribei..., 2018
Parastacus pilimanus von Martens, 1869
Parastacus varicosus Faxon, 1898

Subnodes of Parastacoidea with occurrences in Brazil
FamilyEnoplometopidae
de Saint Laurent, 1988
Reef lobsters
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyParastacidae
Huxley, 1879
2
11
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Parastacoidea at artfakta.se
Parastacoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Parastacoidea at itis.gov