Astacidae

Astacidae

Classification

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Astacidae: /æˈstæsɪˌdaɪ/

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Images

Edelkrebs (Astacus astacus) by Christian Lindner. Used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
Pacifastacus leniusculus cooked by wikipedia. Used under a CC BY 2.0 license.
Pacifastacus leniusculus 3 by wikipedia. Used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
Pacifastacus leniusculus 5 by wikipedia. Used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
Pacifastacus leniusculus 4 by wikipedia. Used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
Pacifastacus leniusculus leniusculus (10.1590-2358-2936e2018001) Figure 1 by Kawai, Tadashi. Observation of museum specimens of the genus Pacifastacus Bott, 1950 (Decapoda: Astacidae). Nauplius [online]. 2018, v. 26, n. 00 [Accessed 19 June 2021] , e2018001. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Summary

Astacidae is a family of freshwater crayfish, containing four extant genera: Astacus, Pontastacus, Austropotamobius, and Pacifastacus, distributed primarily in Europe and western North America.

Distribution

Native to Europe, western Asia, and western North America.

Similar Taxa

  • Parastacoidea

Tags

  • Crayfish
  • Astacidae
  • Freshwater Crustaceans
  • Astacoidea
  • Aquatic Ecology