Astacoidea Explained

Astacoidea is superfamily of freshwater crayfish that live in the Northern Hemisphere. The other superfamily of crayfish, Parastacoidea, lives in the Southern Hemisphere. Astacoidea consists of three families: Astacidae (from Europe and western North America), Cambaridae (from eastern North America), and Cambaroididae (from eastern Asia). Crayfish are closely related to lobsters, as shown in the simplified cladogram below:[1] [2] [3]

Notes and References

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  2. An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list. 2017. Crandall . Keith A.. De Grave . Sammy. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 37. 5. 615–653. 10.1093/jcbiol/rux070. free.
  3. Heather D. Bracken-Grissom . Shane T. Ahyong . Richard D. Wilkinson . Rodney M. Feldmann . Carrie E. Schweitzer . Jesse W. Breinholt . Matthew Bendall . Ferran Palero . Tin-Yam Chan . Darryl L. Felder . Rafael Robles . Ka-Hou Chu . Ling-Ming Tsang . Dohyup Kim . Joel W. Martin . Keith A. Crandall . The Emergence of Lobsters: Phylogenetic Relationships, Morphological Evolution and Divergence Time Comparisons of an Ancient Group (Decapoda: Achelata, Astacidea, Glypheidea, Polychelida) . . July 2014 . 63 . 4 . 457–479 . 10.1093/sysbio/syu008 . free . 24562813 .

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