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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
367
1694
5120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
364
1688
5117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
147
808
3031
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
144
799
2988
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
134
742
2779
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters
5
18
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Parastacoidea
Huxley, 1879
Crayfishes, Southern hemisphere crawfish
2
6
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northern South America
2 Families width 17 Species
Parastacidae Huxley, 187915SpeciesTaxom
Enoplometopidae (de Saint Lau..., 1988)Reef lobsters2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Northern South America
6 Genera with 17 Species
Cherax Erichson, 1912Yabbies2SpeciesTaxom
Engaeus Erichson, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Enoplometopus Milne-Edwards, 1865Reef lobsters1SpeciesTaxom
Hoplometopus Holthuis, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Parastacus Huxley, 189810SpeciesTaxom
Samastacus Riek, 18821SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northern South America
17 Species
Cherax quadricarinatus von Martens, 1868Australian red claw crayfish
Cherax tenuimanus Smith, 1912Hairy marron
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 pugnax Poeppig, 1835Burrowing Crayfish
Parastacus varicosus Faxon, 1898
Samastacus spinifrons Philippi, 1882River Crayfish

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

Taxom

FamilyParastacidae
Huxley, 1879
4
15
Genera
Species

Taxom



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