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  Superfamily Parastacoidea

Family Parastacidae

    Genus Astacoides
    Genus Astacopsis
    Genus Cherax
    Genus Engaeus
    Genus Engaewa
    Genus Euastacus
    Genus Geocharax
    Genus Gramastacus
    Genus Ombrastacoides
    Genus Paranephrops
    Genus Parastacus
    Genus Samastacus
    Genus Spinastacoides
    Genus Tenuibranchiurus
    Genus Virilastacus

Taxon Information

The Family Parastacidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Parastacidae, [Afrotropical, Neotropical, Australasian; 176 species worldwide] (Crandall & Buhay, 2008).

Bibliography

• Crandall, K.A. & J.E. Buhay. 2008. Global diversity of crayfish (Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae — Decapoda) . Hydrobiologia 595: 295-301. [Available online]

Web Pages

• Animal Diversity Web
• Wikipedia
• World Register of Marine Species