Pontastacus
Pontastacus leptodactylus (museum specimen)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Astacidea
Superfamily: Astacoidea
Family: Astacidae
Genus: Pontastacus
Bott, 1950
Species

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Synonyms
  • Astacus (Pontastacus) Bott, 1950
  • Caspiastacus Starobogatov, 1996

Pontastacus is a genus of freshwater crayfish native to eastern Europe and western Asia, but also introduced elsewhere.

Classification and phylogeny

Pontastacus belongs to the family Astacidae, one of the three families of Northern Hemisphere freshwater crayfish within the superfamily Astacoidea. The internal phylogeny of Astacidae can be shown in the cladogram below:[1]

Astacidae

Pacifastacus

Astacus

Pontastacus

Austropotamobius

Species

Nine species are recognized:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Crandall, Keith A.; De Grave, Sammy (2017). "An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 37 (5): 615–653. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/rux070.


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