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Checklist for Superfamily Parastacoidea Huxley, 1879 (Crayfishes)
and region Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
296
1339
3460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
295
1337
3457
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
146
852
2513
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
143
844
2486
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
133
801
2376
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters
5
17
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Parastacoidea
Huxley, 1879
Crayfishes, Southern hemisphere crawfish
2
6
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Indian Ocean islands
2 Families width 18 Species and 1 Subspecies
Parastacidae Huxley, 187913SpeciesTaxom
Enoplometopidae (de Saint Lau..., 1988)Reef lobsters5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Indian Ocean islands
6 Genera with 18 Species
Astacoides Guérin-Ménev..., 186510SpeciesTaxom
Cherax Erichson, 1912Yabbies2SpeciesTaxom
Engaeus Erichson, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Enoplometopus Milne-Edwards, 1862Reef lobsters4SpeciesTaxom
Euastacus Clark, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Hoplometopus Holthuis, 19681SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indian Ocean islands
18 Species and 1 Subspecies
Astacoides betsileoensis Petit, 1923Orambanonga
Astacoides caldwelli Bate, 1865Orana mena
Astacoides crosnieri Hobbs, 1987Orampotoka
Astacoides granulimanus Monod & Petit, 1929Orandambo
Astacoides hobbsi Boyko, 2005Orapotsy
Astacoides madagascarensis H. Milne-Edw..., 1839Madagascar Freshwater Crayfish
Astacoides madagascariensis A. Milne Edw..., 1839
Astacoides madagascariensis brevirostris Monod & Petit, 1929
Astacoides petiti Hobbs, 1987Orambato
Astacoides spinifer (Heller, 1865)⇒ Euastacus spinifer Heller, 1865
Cherax quadricarinatus von Martens, 1868Australian red claw crayfish
Cherax tenuimanus Smith, 1912Hairy marron
Engaeus mallacoota Horwitz, 1990Mallacoota burrowing crayfish
Enoplometopus (Enoplometopus) occidentalis Randall, 1840Hairy reef lobster
Enoplometopus debelius Holthuis, 1983Debelius reef lobster
Enoplometopus holthuisi Gordon, 1968Bullseye reef lobster
Enoplometopus pictus Milne-Edwards, 1862
Euastacus yanga Morgan, 1997Southern Lobster
Hoplometopus holthuisi (Gordon, 1968)⇒ Enoplometopus holthuisi Gordon, 1968

Subnodes of Parastacoidea with occurrences in Indian Ocean islands
FamilyEnoplometopidae
de Saint Laurent, 1988
Reef lobsters
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyParastacidae ♰
Huxley, 1879
4
13
Genera
Species

Taxom



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