WoRMS taxon details
Parastacidae Huxley, 1879
Astacoidinae Starobogatov, 1996 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Austroastacidae Clark, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Euastacidae Riek, 1959 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Parastacoidinae Starobogatov, 1996 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Aenigmastacus Feldmann, Schweitzer & Leahy, 2011 †
- Genus Astacoides Guérin-Méneville, 1839
- Genus Astacopsis Huxley, 1879
- Genus Cherax Erichson, 1846
- Genus Engaeus Erichson, 1846
- Genus Engaewa Riek, 1967
- Genus Euastacus Clark, 1936
- Genus Geocharax Clark, 1936
- Genus Gramastacus Riek, 1972
- Genus Lammuastacus Aguirre-Urreta, 1992 †
- Genus Ombrastacoides Hansen & Richardson, 2006
- Genus Palaeoechinastacus Martin, Rich, Poore, Schultz, Austin, Kool & Vickers-Rich, 2008 †
- Genus Paranephrops White, 1842
- Genus Parastacus Huxley, 1879
- Genus Samastacus Riek, 1971
- Genus Spinastacoides Hansen & Richardson, 2006
- Genus Tenuibranchiurus Riek, 1951
- Genus Virilastacus Hobbs, 1991
- Subfamily Astacoidinae Starobogatov, 1996 accepted as Parastacidae Huxley, 1879 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Astaconephrops Nobili, 1899 accepted as Cherax Erichson, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Austroastacus Clark, 1936 accepted as Engaeus Erichson, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Chaeraps Erichson, 1846 accepted as Cherax Erichson, 1846 (incorrect spelling of junior synonym)
- Genus Cheraps Erichson, 1846 accepted as Cherax Erichson, 1846 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Euastacoides Riek, 1956 accepted as Euastacus Clark, 1936
- Genus Geocherax Clark, 1936 accepted as Geocharax Clark, 1936 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Parachaeraps Smith, 1912 accepted as Cherax Erichson, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Parastacoides Clark, 1936 accepted as Geocharax Clark, 1936 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Parastacoidinae Starobogatov, 1996 accepted as Parastacidae Huxley, 1879 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Pseudengaeus E Clark, 1936 accepted as Engaeus Erichson, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
recent + fossil
Huxley, T.H. (1879). On the classification and the distribution of the crayfishes. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1878(3): 752-788. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Parastacidae Huxley, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=472957 on 2024-05-06
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original description
Huxley, T.H. (1879). On the classification and the distribution of the crayfishes. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1878(3): 752-788. [details]
original description (of Austroastacidae Clark, 1936) Clark, E. (1936). The freshwater and land crayfishes of Australia. <em>Memoirs of the Natural Museum of Victoria.</em> 10: 5-58., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52382808 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Euastacidae Riek, 1959) Riek, E.F. (1959). The Australian freshwater Crustacea. In: Keast, A., R.L. Crocker & C.B. Christian (eds.). Biogeography and Ecology in Australia. <em>Monographiae Biologicae.</em> 8: 246-258. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Astacoidinae Starobogatov, 1996) Starobogatov, Y. I. (1996). Taxonomy and geographical distribution of crayfishes of Asia and East Europe (Crustacea Decapoda Astacodei). <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 4: 3-25 [imprint 1995]. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Parastacoidinae Starobogatov, 1996) Starobogatov, Y. I. (1996). Taxonomy and geographical distribution of crayfishes of Asia and East Europe (Crustacea Decapoda Astacodei). <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 4: 3-25 [imprint 1995]. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Crandall, K.A.; De Grave, S. (2017). An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 37: 615-653. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux070 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Toon, A.; Pérez-Losada, M.; Schweitzer, C. E.; Feldmann, R. M.; Carlson, M.; Crandall, K. A. (2010). Gondwanan radiation of the Southern Hemisphere crayfishes (Decapoda: Parastacidae): evidence from fossils and molecules. <em>Journal of Biogeography.</em> 37(12): 2275-2290., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02374.x [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Austroastacidae Clark, 1936) Clark, E. (1936). The freshwater and land crayfishes of Australia. <em>Memoirs of the Natural Museum of Victoria.</em> 10: 5-58., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52382808 [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Euastacidae Riek, 1959) Riek, E.F. (1959). The Australian freshwater Crustacea. In: Keast, A., R.L. Crocker & C.B. Christian (eds.). Biogeography and Ecology in Australia. <em>Monographiae Biologicae.</em> 8: 246-258. [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Astacoidinae Starobogatov, 1996) Starobogatov, Y. I. (1996). Taxonomy and geographical distribution of crayfishes of Asia and East Europe (Crustacea Decapoda Astacodei). <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 4: 3-25 [imprint 1995]. [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Parastacoidinae Starobogatov, 1996) Starobogatov, Y. I. (1996). Taxonomy and geographical distribution of crayfishes of Asia and East Europe (Crustacea Decapoda Astacodei). <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 4: 3-25 [imprint 1995]. [details] Available for editors
[request] basis of record Crandall, K.A.; De Grave, S. (2017). An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 37: 615-653. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux070 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Toon, A.; Pérez-Losada, M.; Schweitzer, C. E.; Feldmann, R. M.; Carlson, M.; Crandall, K. A. (2010). Gondwanan radiation of the Southern Hemisphere crayfishes (Decapoda: Parastacidae): evidence from fossils and molecules. <em>Journal of Biogeography.</em> 37(12): 2275-2290., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02374.x [details] Available for editors
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