Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details

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Taxonomy

Accepted name		Astacus astacus (Linnaeus 1758)

Taxonomic rank		Species

Taxonomic status		valid

Taxonomic comment

Nomenclature and Synonyms

Genus group name(s)	Taxonomic comment
Astacus Farbricius 1775 [genus]
no synonyms present in the database for this taxon

Species group name(s)	Original genus	Taxonomic comment
astacus Linnaeus 1758 [species]	Cancer
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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Rank	Name
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Crustacea
Class	Malacostraca
Subclass	Eumalacostraca
Superorder	Eucarida
Order	Decapoda
Suborder	Pleocyemata
Infraorder	Astacidea
Family	Astacidae
Genus	Astacus
Species	*astacus*

Distribution

Experts

Name	Fauna Europaea status
Boxshall, Dr Geoffrey	group coordinator
Holdich, David M.	taxonomic specialist

References

Accepted name:

Astacus astacus (Linnaeus 1758)

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