| Description | The Astacidae comprise the freshwater crayfish native to Europe and western North America. The family is made up of three genera. Pacifastacus is found on the Pacific coast of the United States and British Columbia and includes the signal crayfish and the Shasta crayfish. The genera Astacus and Austropotamobius are both found throughout Europe and parts of western Asia.
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| Rank | family |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Astacidae |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Common Name | freshwater crayfish |
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| Scientific Name | Astacidae |
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| Name Published In | in Sonnini’s Buffon, Hist. nat. gén. partic. Crust. Ins., 3: 32 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Astacidae | family | belongs to Astacura | stated without evidence | Rathbun, 1926 | | Astacidae | family | belongs to Astacidea | stated without evidence | Glaessner, 1969 | | Astacidae | family | belongs to Astacoidea | stated without evidence | Schweitzer et al., 2010 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (21%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Malacostraca) |
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| Vision | well-developed (based on Malacostraca) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Decapoda) |
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| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Malacostraca) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. F. Glaessner. 1969. Decapoda IN Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Pt. R4(2). |
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| Common Name(s) | Crayfishes, Freshwater Crayfish, Flusskrebse, Norway Lobsters, Kräftor, River Crayfishes, ザリガニ |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astacidae |
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| Glaessner M. F. (1969) Decapoda IN Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Pt. R4(2), R400-R566 |
| Rathbun M. J. (1926) The Fossil Stalk-Eyed Crustacea of the Pacific Slope of North America, United States National Museum Bulletin 138, 1-155 |
| Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2010) Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species, Crustaceana Monographs 10, 1-222 |
| Hobbs, Jr., Horton H., 1989: An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, no. 480. iii + 236. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas |
| De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. supplement 21: 1-109. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Martin, Joel W., and George E. Davis, 2001: An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Science Series 39. 124. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Williams, Austin B., Lawrence G. Abele, D. L. Felder, H. H. Hobbs, Jr., R. B. Manning, et al., 1989: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Decapod Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17. 77. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Latreille, P.A. (1802) Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite aux oeuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du cours complete d'histoire naturelle rédigé par C.S. Sonnini - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas |
| Crandall, K.A.; De Grave, S. (2017). An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 37: 615-653. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| De Grave, S., N.D. Pentcheff, S.T. Ahyong, T.-Y. Chan, K.A. Crandall, P.C. Dworschak, D.L. Felder, R.M. Feldmann, C.H.J.M. Fransen, L.Y.D. Goulding, R. Lemaitre, M.E.Y. Low, J.W. Martin, P.K.L. Ng, C.E. Schweitzer, S.H. Tan & R. Wetzer. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1-109. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Holthuis, L.B. & Heerebout, G.R. (1986) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN) |
| Gledhill, T. et al. (1993) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN) |
| International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 12 Validation under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Astacus Fabricius, 1775 (class Crustacea, order Decapoda) (correction of an erroneous entry made in the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by the ruling given in Opinion 104).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1C(C.3), 35-56 (1955) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology |
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