Astacidae

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Astacidae
Temporal range: Barremian–Recent
Astacus astacus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Astacidea
Superfamily: Astacoidea
Family: Astacidae
Latreille, 1802
Genera

Astacidae is a

Turkish crayfish), and Austropotamobius are all found throughout Europe and parts of western Asia, while Pacifastacus (which includes the signal crayfish) is native to western United States and British Columbia, but has also been introduced
elsewhere.

Classification and phylogeny

Astacidae belongs to the

infraorder Astacidea, as shown in the simplified cladogram below:[1][2][3]

Astacidea
clawed lobsters
Enoplometopoidea

Enoplometopidae

Nephropoidea

Nephropidae

crayfish

The internal

phylogeny of Astacidae can be further shown in the cladogram below:[2]

Species

The family Astacidae contains the following

References