RAS taxon details
Parastacidae Huxley, 1879
- Genus Astacopsis Huxley, 1879
- Genus Engaeus Erichson, 1846
- Genus Euastacus Clark, 1936
recent + fossil
Huxley, T.H. (1879). On the classification and the distribution of the crayfishes. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London. 1878(3): 752-788. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Parastacidae Huxley, 1879. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=472957 on 2025-04-15
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Parastacidae Huxley, 1879. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=472957 on 2025-04-15
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Huxley, T.H. (1879). On the classification and the distribution of the crayfishes. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London. 1878(3): 752-788. [details]
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. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 37: 615-653. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux070 [details] Available for editors
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. Journal of Biogeography. 37(12): 2275-2290., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02374.x [details] Available for editors
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. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 37: 615-653. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux070 [details] Available for editors
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. Journal of Biogeography. 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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