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Astacidea

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Taxonomy

Astacidea was named by Latreille (1802). It is extant.

It was assigned to Decapoda by Karasawa (2000), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2001), Feldmann et al. (2003); to Reptantia by Schwentner et al. (2018); to Reptantia by Wolfe et al. (2019); and to Pleocyemata by Feldmann (1974), Feldmann and Keys (1992), Feldmann et al. (1995), Martin and Davis (2001), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Hegna et al. (2020), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2024).

Subtaxa

Astacida, Homarida, Hoploparia macrodactyla, Nymphaeops belgicus, Nymphaeops sendenhorstensis, Stenocheles parvulus, Thalassina grandidactylus

Entered

by A. Hendy on 2006-07-09; modified by M. Clapham on 2018-02-11

Synonyms

Nymphaeops belgicus was named by Forir (1887).

It was recombined as Oncopareia belgicus by Schweitzer et al. (2010); it was considered a nomen dubium by Tshudy et al. (2022).
Hoploparia macrodactyla was named by Schlüter (1868).

It was recombined as Ischnodactylus macrodactylus by Pelseneer (1886); it was recombined as Oncopareia macrodactylus by Schweitzer et al. (2010); it was considered a nomen dubium by Tshudy et al. (2022).
Stenocheles parvulus was named by Fritsch and Kafka (1887). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Oncopareia parvulus by Schweitzer et al. (2010); it was considered a nomen dubium by Tshudy et al. (2022).
Nymphaeops sendenhorstensis was named by Schlüter (1862).

It was recombined as Oncopareia sendenhorstensis by Schweitzer et al. (2010); it was considered a nomen dubium by Tshudy et al. (2022).
Thalassina grandidactylus was named by Robineau-Desvoidy (1849). It is not extant. Its type locality is St. Sauveur-en-Puisaye, which is in a Hauterivian carbonate limestone in the Calcaire à Spatangues Formation of France.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Hyžný and De Angeli (2022).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1802	Astacidea Latreille
1849	Thalassina grandidactylus Robineau-Desvoidy
1862	Nymphaeops sendenhorstensis Schlüter p. 732 figs. Pl 14, fig 5
1863	Nymphaeops sendenhorstensis von der Marck p. 72 figs. Pl 7, figs 13,14
1868	Hoploparia macrodactyla Schlüter p. 295
1886	Ischnodactylus macrodactylus Pelseneer p. 163
1887	Nymphaeops belgicus Forir
1887	Stenocheles parvulus Fritsch and Kafka
1974	Astacidea Feldmann p. 588
1992	Astacidea Feldmann and Keys p. 9
1995	Astacidea Feldmann et al. p. 2
2000	Astacidea Karasawa p. 235
2001	Astacidea Martin and Davis p. 73
2001	Astacidea Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 174
2003	Astacidea Feldmann et al. p. 152
2010	Astacidea Schweitzer et al. p. 12
2010	Oncopareia belgicus Schweitzer et al. p. 31
2010	Oncopareia sendenhorstensis Schweitzer et al. p. 31
2010	Oncopareia macrodactylus Schweitzer et al. p. 32
2010	Oncopareia parvulus Schweitzer et al. p. 32
2010	Thalassina grandidactylus Schweitzer et al. p. 33
2018	Astacidea Schwentner et al.
2019	Astacidea Wolfe et al.
2020	Astacidea Hegna et al. p. 24
2024	Astacidea Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 7

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Multicrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
class	Malacostraca	()
subclass	Eumalacostraca	Grobben 1892
—	Caridoida	Hessler 1982
order	Decapoda
suborder	Pleocyemata	Burkenroad 1963
infraorder	Astacidea	Latreille 1802
infraorder	Astacidea	Latreille 1802

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Infraor. Astacidea Latreille 1802

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Unr. Astacida Scholtz and Richter 1995

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Superfm. Astacoidea Latreille 1802

Fm. Astacidae Latreille 1802 [freshwater crayfish]

G. Astacus Fabricius 1775

†Astacus cenomanensis Fritsch and Kafka 1887

†Astacus edwardsi Van Straelen 1928

†Astacus laevissimus Fritsch and Kafka 1887

†Astacus longimanus Sowerby 1826

†Astacus multicavatus Bell 1863

†Astacus pallipes Lereboullet 1858

G. †Astyages Costa 1864

†Astyages effossus Costa 1855

G. Austropotamobius Skorikov 1907

†Austropotamobius llopisi Via 1971

G. Cambarus

G. †Emplastron O'Flynn et al. 2021

G. Pacifastacus Bott 1950

†Pacifastacus chenoderma Cope 1871

Invalid names: Potamobiidae Huxley 1879 [synonym]

Fm. Cambaridae Hobbs 1942

G. †Paleocambararus Taylor et al. 1999

G. Procambarus Ortmann 1905

†Procambarus primaevus Packard 1880

Fm. Cambaroididae Villalobos 1955

G. †Palaeocambarus Taylor et al. 1999

†Palaeocambarus licenti Van Straelen 1928

Invalid names: Astacus spinirostrius Imaizumi 1938 [synonym], Cricoidoscelosus aethus Taylor et al. 1999 [synonym]

Invalid names: Cricoidoscelosus Taylor et al. 1999 [synonym]

Invalid names: Cricoidoscelosidae Taylor et al. 1999 [synonym]

Superfm. Parastacoidea Huxley 1879

Fm. Parastacidae Huxley 1879

G. Aenigmastacus Schweitzer et al. 2010

†Aenigmastacus crandalli Feldmann et al. 2011

G. Astacopsis Huxley 1879

Astacopsis franklinii Gray 1845

G. †Austrolestidion Tillyard 1916

†Austrolestidion duaringae Tillyard 1916

G. †Lammuastacus Aguirre-Urreta 1992

†Lammuastacus longirostris Aguirre-Urreta 1992

G. †Palaeoechinastacus Martin 2008

†Palaeoechinastacus australianus Martin 2008

G. Paranephrops White 1842

†Paranephrops fordycei Feldmann 1994

Superfm. †Protastacoidea Karasawa et al. 2013

Fm. †Protastacidae Albrecht 1983

†Protastacidae antiquus Harbort 1905

G. †Protastacus Albrecht 1983

†Protastacus antiquus Harbort 1905

†Protastacus politus Schlüter 1868

Unr. Homarida Scholtz and Richter 1995

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Superfm. †Enoplometopoidea Saint Laurent 1988

Fm. †Enoplometopidae Saint Laurent 1988

G. Enoplometopus Milne-Edwards 1862

Enoplometopus occidentalis Randall 1840

Fm. †Uncinidae Berulen 1930

G. †Malmuncina Schweigert and Garassino 2003

†Malmuncina wulfi Schweigert and Garassino 2003

G. †Uncina Quenstedt 1851

†Uncina alpina Schweigert 2003

†Uncina ollerenshawi Feldmann and Copeland 1988

†Uncina pacifica Schweigert 2003

†Uncina posidoniae Quenstedt 1851

Superfm. Nephropoidea Dana 1852 [lobster]

G. †Boschettocheles Beschin et al. 2013

†Boschettocheles magnum Beschin et al. 2013

Fm. Nephropidae Dana 1852 [clawed lobster]

G. Acanthacaris Bate 1988

G. †Cardirhynchus Schluter 1862

†Cardirhynchus spinosus Schluter 1862

G. Dinochelus Ahyong et al. 2010

†Dinochelus radwanskii Fraaije et al. 2018

†Dinochelus steeplensis Tshudy and Saward 2012

G. Eunephrops Smith 1885

G. Homarinus Kornfield et al. 1995

G. Homarus Weber 1795

Homarus americanus Milne Edwards 1837

†Homarus brittonestris Stenzel 1945

†Homarus davisi Stenzel 1945

†Homarus fami Garassino et al. 2021

Homarus gammarus Linnaeus 1758

†Homarus lehmanni Haas 1889

†Homarus mickelsoni Bishop 1985

†Homarus morrisi Quayle 1987

†Homarus neptunianus Polkowsky 2004

†Homarus percyi Van Beneden 1872

†Homarus travisensis Stenzel 1945

†Homarus vulgaris Milne Edwards 1837

G. †Hoploparia M'Coy 1849

†Hoploparia albertaensis Tshudy and Feldmann 2005

†Hoploparia alpinus Van Straelen 1936

†Hoploparia anomala Rathbun 1935

†Hoploparia antarctica Wilckens 1907

†Hoploparia arbei Aguire-Urreta 1989

†Hoploparia aspera Harbort 1905

†Hoploparia bearpawensis Feldmann et al. 1977

†Hoploparia belli M'Coy 1849

†Hoploparia benedeni Pelseneer 1886

†Hoploparia bennetti Woodward 1900

†Hoploparia beyrichi Schluter 1862

†Hoploparia biserialis Fritsch and Kafka 1887

†Hoploparia blossomana Rathbun 1935

†Hoploparia bretoni Feldmann and Schweitzer 2021

†Hoploparia buntingi Feldmann and Holland, Jr. 1971

†Hoploparia calcarifera Schluter 1879

†Hoploparia catalunica Garassino et al. 2009

†Hoploparia collignoni Van Stralen 1949

†Hoploparia columbiana Beurlen 1938

†Hoploparia corneti Van Straelen 1921

†Hoploparia dentata Roemer 1841

Invalid names: Hoploparia prismatica M'Coy 1849 [synonym], Palaeno roemeri Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym]

†Hoploparia dentonensis Rathbun 1935

†Hoploparia edwardsi Robineae-Desvoidy 1849

Invalid names: Homarus blainvillii Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus boscii Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus cottaldi Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus cuvieri Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus desmarestii Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus dorbignyi Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus fabricii Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus guerini Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus herbstii Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus lamarckii Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus latreillii Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus linnei Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus lucasii Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus michelinii Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Homarus sowerbyi Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym], Hoploparia neocomiensis Tribolet 1875 [synonym], Nephrops geoffroyi Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym]

†Hoploparia eocenica Lorenthey 1929

†Hoploparia falcifer Fritsch and Kafka 1887

†Hoploparia fraasi Böhm 1891

†Hoploparia gabbi Pilsbry 1901

†Hoploparia gadzicki Feldmann and Crame 1998

†Hoploparia gammaroides M'Coy 1849

†Hoploparia georgeana Rathbun 1935

†Hoploparia gladiator Pilsbry 1901

†Hoploparia groenlandica Ravn 1903

†Hoploparia hemprichi Merin 1941

†Hoploparia horrida Schweitzer et al. 2003

†Hoploparia intermedia Secretan 1964

†Hoploparia johnsoni Rathbun 1935

†Hoploparia kamimurai Kato and Karasawa 2006

†Hoploparia kamuy Karasawa and Hayakawa 2000

†Hoploparia klebsi Noetling 1885

Invalid names: Hoploparia knetschii Zimmerman 1944 [synonym]

†Hoploparia lehmanni Haas 1889

†Hoploparia longimana Sowerby 1826

Invalid names: Hoploparia granulosa Bell 1863 [synonym], Hoploparia punctulata Bell 1863 [synonym], Hoploparia sulcirostris Bell 1863 [synonym]

†Hoploparia mcnairyensis Rathbun 1926

†Hoploparia mesembria Etheridge Jr 1917

†Hoploparia minima Tribolet 1876

†Hoploparia miyamotoi Karasawa 1998

†Hoploparia muncki Pelseneer 1886

†Hoploparia nasilowensis Fraaije et al. 2018

†Hoploparia natsumiae Karasawa et al. 2008

†Hoploparia pelseneeri van Straelen 1936

†Hoploparia percyi Beneden 1872

†Hoploparia pusilla Secretan 1964

†Hoploparia riddlensis Feldmann 1974

†Hoploparia saxbyi McCoy 1849

†Hoploparia schluteri Tribolet 1876

†Hoploparia sculpta Secretan 1964

†Hoploparia senonensis Forir 1887

†Hoploparia shastensis Rathbun 1929

†Hoploparia stokesi Weller 1903

†Hoploparia suecica Schluter 1879

†Hoploparia sulcicauda Schluter 1879

†Hoploparia tarrantensis Rathbun 1935

†Hoploparia tennesseensis Rathbun and Wade 1926

†Hoploparia triboleti Borrisiak 1904

†Hoploparia trigeri van Straelen 1936

†Hoploparia tshudyi Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001

†Hoploparia uzbekensis Feldmann et al. 2007

†Hoploparia victoriae Quayle 1987

†Hoploparia wardi Quayle 1987

Invalid names: Palaeno Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [synonym]

G. †Jagtia Tshudy and Sorhannus 2000

†Jagtia kunradensis Tshudy and Sorhannus 2000

G. †Metahomarus Franţescu 2013

†Metahomarus reidi Franţescu 2013

G. Metanephrops Jenkins 1972

Metanephrops andamanicus Wood-Mason 1892

Metanephrops arafurensis De Man 1905

Metanephrops australiensis Bruce 1966

Metanephrops binghami Boone 1927

Metanephrops boschmai Holthuis 1964

Metanephrops challengeri Balss 1914

†Metanephrops elongatus Hu and Tao 2000

Metanephrops japonicus Tapparone Canefri 1873

†Metanephrops jenkinsi Feldmann 1989

†Metanephrops motunauensis Jenkins 1972

Metanephrops neptunus Bruce 1965

†Metanephrops rossensis Feldmann et al. 1993

Metanephrops rubellus Moreira 1903

Metanephrops sagamiensis Parisi 1917

Metanephrops sibogae De Man 1916

Metanephrops sinensis Bruce 1966

Metanephrops thomsoni Spencer Bate 1888

Metanephrops velutinus Chan and Yu 1991

Invalid names: Wongastacia Hu 1984 [synonym]

G. Nephropides Manning 1969

G. Nephrops Leach 1814

†Nephrops aequus Rathbun 1920

†Nephrops americanus Rathbun 1935

†Nephrops costatus Rathbun 1918

†Nephrops kvistgaardae Fraaije et al. 2005

†Nephrops maoensis Rathbun 1920

†Nephrops naoensis Rathbun 1920

Nephrops norvegicus Linnaeus 1758 [Norway lobster]

†Nephrops reedi Carter 1898

G. Nephropsis Wood-Mason 1873

Nephropsis acanthura Maccpherson 1990

Nephropsis holthuisi Macpherson 1993

†Nephropsis larryi Zollinger and Schweitzer 2026

Nephropsis macphersoin Watabe and Iizuka 1999

†Nephropsis midwayensis Rathbun 1935

Nephropsis serrata Macpherson 1993

Nephropsis stewarti Wood Mason 1873

Nephropsis suhmi Bate 1888

G. †Notahomarus Charbonnier et al. 2017

†Notahomarus hakelensis Fraas 1878

G. †Oncopareia Bosquet 1854

†Oncopareia bredai Bosquet 1854

Invalid names: Enoploclytia paucispina Schlüter 1868 [synonym], Homarus bosqueti Pelseneer 1886 [objective synonym], Nymphaeops coesfeldiensis Schlüter 1862 [synonym]

†Oncopareia esocina Fritsch and Kafka 1887

†Oncopareia klintebjergensis Jakobsen and Collins 1979

†Oncopareia lunata Fritsch and Kafka 1887

†Oncopareia numcki Pelseneer 1886

Invalid names: Nymphaeops Schlüter 1862 [synonym], Stenocheles Fritsch and Kafka 1887 [synonym]

G. †Palaeohomarus

†Palaeohomarus collignoni Van Stralen 1949

†Palaeohomarus pacifica Aguirre-Urreta 2012

G. †Palaeonephrops Mertin 1941

†Palaeonephrops browni Whitfield 1907

Invalid names: Palaeastacus ornata Whiteaves 1887 [replaced]

†Palaeonephrops westoni Woodward 1900

G. †Paraclythia Fritsch and Kafka 1887

Paraclythia boetticheri Mertin 1941

†Paraclythia cernavoda Frantescu et al. 2018

Paraclythia nephropica Fritsch and Kafka 1887

†Paraclythia nephropiformis Schluter 1879

Paraclythia valashensis McCobb and Hairapetian 2009

Paraclythia westfalica Merin 1941

†Paraclytia nephropica Fritsch and Kafka 1887

G. †Pseudohomarus Van Hoepen 1962

†Pseudohomarus umsinensis Van Hoepen 1962

G. Thaumastocheles Wood-Mason 1874

G. Thaumastochelopsis Bruce 1988

G. Thymopides Burukovsky and Averin 1977

G. Thymops Holthuis 1974

G. Thymopsis Holthuis 1974

Invalid names: Homaridae Huxley 1879 [synonym], Nephropinae Dana 1852 [empty], Thaumastochelidae Bate 1888 [synonym]

Superfm. †Stenochiroidea Beurlen 1928

Fm. †Stenochiridae Beurlen 1928

G. †Chilenophoberus Chong and Forster 1976

†Chilenophoberus atacamensis Chong and Forster 1976

G. †Gracilimanus Feldmann and Schweitzer 2014

†Gracilimanus obscurus Feldmann and Schweitzer 2014

G. †Gypsonicus Schweitzer and Feldmann 2014

†Gypsonicus wyomingensis Schweitzer and Feldmann 2014

G. †Palaeophoberus Glaessner 1932

†Palaeophoberus portlandicus Roger and de Lapparent 1945

†Palaeophoberus suevicus Quenstedt 1867

G. †Pseudastacus Oppel 1861

†Pseudastacus minor Fraas 1878

†Pseudastacus mucronatus Phillips 1836

†Pseudastacus pusillus Van Straelen 1924

†Pseudastacus pustulosus Munster 1839

Invalid names: Alvis Munster 1840 [synonym]

G. †Stenochirus Oppel 1861

†Stenochirus angustus Munster 1839

†Stenochirus mayeri Oppel 1862

†Stenochirus vahldieki Schweigert et al. 2006

G. †Tillocheles Woods 1953

†Tillocheles kaoriae Yokoi and Karasawa 2000

†Tillocheles shannonae Woods 1953

Invalid names: Chilenophoberidae Tshudy and Babcock 1997 [synonym]

G. †Trentastacus Garassino et al. 2024

†Trentastacus levis Garassino et al. 2024

Invalid names: Hoploparia macrodactyla Schlüter 1868 [nomen dubium], Nymphaeops belgicus Forir 1887 [nomen dubium], Nymphaeops sendenhorstensis Schlüter 1862 [nomen dubium], Stenocheles parvulus Fritsch and Kafka 1887 [nomen dubium], Thalassina grandidactylus Robineau-Desvoidy 1849 [nomen dubium]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2008-01-28 11:51:24

Modified:

2022-05-13 13:34:01

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Holocene or 283.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 274.4 Ma

Collections (322 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Kungurian	283.3 - 274.4	Russian Federation	Nephropsis lampadiformis (186594 186620)
Carnian - Norian	237.0 - 205.7	USA (North Carolina)	Cambaridae indet. (89149)
Alaunian	215.38 - 211.18	Italy	Astacidea indet. (155687)
Late/Upper Bajocian	168.6 - 168.2	USA (Wyoming)	Gypsonicus wyomingensis, Gracilimanus obscurus (155766)
Early/Lower Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	France	Pseudastacus sp., Stenochirus vahldieki (58221)
Early/Lower Oxfordian	161.5 - 159.0	United Kingdom (England)	Pseudastacus sp. (191842)
Oxfordian	161.5 - 154.8	Chile	Chilenophoberus atacamensis (215835)
Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 149.2	France	Astacidea indet. (239428)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	152.21 - 149.2	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Pseudastacus sp. (154138)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Germany (Bayern)	Stenochirus mayeri, Stenochirus angustus, Pseudastacus pustulosus (105541)
Tithonian	149.2 - 143.1	USA (Colorado)	Cambaridae indet. (53040 58811)
Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian	143.1 - 132.6	Argentina	Hoploparia sp. (66643)
Berriasian - Hauterivian	143.1 - 125.77	France (Île-de-France)	Homarus dentatus (234020)
Berriasian - Hauterivian	143.1 - 125.77	France (Yonne)	Homarus dentatus (234022)
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Albian	143.1 - 106.3	France (Yonne)	Homarus dentatus (234021)
Early/Lower Cretaceous	143.1 - 100.5	Canada (British Columbia)	Homarus fami (235329)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian	139.1 - 132.6	Germany	Hoploparia aspera, Protastacus politus (95087)
Late/Upper Valanginian	137.05 - 132.6	Poland	Hoploparia longimana, Hoploparia minima (185021)
Valanginian	137.05 - 132.6	Switzerland (Neuchâtel)	Homarus dentatus (234067)
Valanginian - Hauterivian	137.05 - 125.77	Germany	Astacus politus (221729)