🦋 Family

Astacidae

5 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Astacidae

Pacifastacus leniusculus, the signal crayfish, is a North American crayfish native west of the Rock Mountains, listed as least concern by IUCN.

Astacus astacus is the most common European crayfish, a keystone freshwater species and traditional food source.

Austropotamobius torrentium, the stone crayfish, is a European freshwater crayfish with a core range in the Danube system.

Austropotamobius pallipes is a European freshwater crayfish with declining populations due to invasive species.

Pontastacus leptodactylus, the narrow-clawed crayfish, is a freshwater European crayfish that can host multiple concurrent pathogens.

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