Marine Species Traits - Astacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823

WoRMS name details

Astacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823

AphiaID

885871 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:885871)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Pontastacus leptodactylus (Eschscholtz, 1823)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Astacus (Pontastacus) Bott, 1950
Pontastacus Bott, 1950

Parent

Astacus Fabricius, 1775

Original name

Astacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823

Direct children (7)

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Subspecies Astacus leptodactylus boreoorientalis Birstein & Vinogradov, 1934 accepted as Pontastacus leptodactylus (Eschscholtz, 1823) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subspecies Astacus leptodactylus caspius Eichwald, 1838 accepted as Pontastacus pachypus (Rathke, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subspecies Astacus leptodactylus cubanicus Birstein & Vinogradov, 1934 accepted as Pontastacus cubanicus (Birstein & Vinogradov, 1934) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subspecies Astacus leptodactylus eichwaldi Bott, 1950 accepted as Pontastacus eichwaldi eichwaldi (Bott, 1950) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Subspecies Astacus leptodactylus sartorius Birstein & Vinogradov, 1934 accepted as Pontastacus salinus (von Nordmann, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Astacus leptodactylus var. caspia Eichwald, 1838 accepted as Pontastacus eichwaldi eichwaldi (Bott, 1950) (junior homonym)
Variety Astacus leptodactylus var. salinus von Nordmann, 1842 accepted as Pontastacus salinus (von Nordmann, 1842) (unaccepted > superseded combination, also superseded rank)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Eschscholtz, F. F. (1823). Descriptio novae Astacorum speciei Rossicae. <em>Memoires de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes du Moscu.</em> 6: 109-110, pl. 18. [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Astacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=885871 on 2025-06-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-09-20 08:46:37Z

created

Crandall, Keith A.

2021-01-21 13:36:43Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2022-08-09 13:04:39Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Eschscholtz, F. F. (1823). Descriptio novae Astacorum speciei Rossicae. <em>Memoires de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes du Moscu.</em> 6: 109-110, pl. 18. [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
English	long-clawed crayfish	[details]
German	SumpfkrebsGalizier	[details]

To Barcode of Life (182 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Astacus leptodactylus)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)