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Astacidae

Synonyms: Potamobiidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The family Astacidae comprises the freshwater crayfish native to Europe and western North America. It 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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Genus

Astacus (11)
Astyages (1)
Austropotamobius (5)   (1)
Pacifastacus (Crayfish) (6)   (1)   (1)
Pontastacus (9)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0