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Checklist for Superfamily Parastacoidea Huxley, 1879 (Crayfishes)
and region Southern Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
333
1353
3152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
330
1350
3144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
126
588
1419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
124
579
1397
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
115
535
1257
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters
6
13
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Parastacoidea
Huxley, 1879
Crayfishes, Southern hemisphere crawfish
3
5
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southern Africa
3 Families width 9 Species
Parastacidae Huxley, 18797SpeciesTaxom
Enoplometopidae de Saint Lau..., 1988Reef lobsters1SpeciesTaxom
Glypheidae Zittel, 18851SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southern Africa
5 Genera with 9 Species
Cherax Erichson, 1912Yabbies4SpeciesTaxom
Engaeus Erichson, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Enoplometopus Milne-Edwards, 1840Reef lobsters1SpeciesTaxom
Euastacus Clark, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Glyphea Meyer, 18631SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
9 Species
Cherax albidus Keable, 1936Yabby
Cherax destructor Clark, 1936Australian yabbi
Cherax quadricarinatus von Martens, 1868Australian red claw crayfish
Cherax tenuimanus Smith, 1912Hairy marron
Engaeus laevis Clark, 1941Richards Burrowing Crayfish
Enoplometopus (Enoplometopus) occidentalis Randall, 1840Hairy reef lobster
Euastacus armatus von Martens, 1866Freshwater cray
Euastacus urospinosus Riek, 1956Maleny Crayfish
Glyphea carteri ♰ Bell, 1863

Subnodes of Parastacoidea with occurrences in Southern Africa
FamilyEnoplometopidae
de Saint Laurent, 1988
Reef lobsters
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyGlypheidae ♰
Zittel, 1885
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyParastacidae ♰
Huxley, 1879
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



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