Astacus pachypus

Astacus pachypus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Astacidae
Genus: Astacus
Species: A. pachypus
Binomial name
Astacus pachypus
Rathke, 1837 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Astacus caspius Eichwald, 1841
  • Caspiastacus pachypus (Rathke, 1837)
  • Pontastacus pachypus (Rathke, 1837)
  • Potamobius pachypus (Rathke, 1837)

Astacus pachypus, the Caspian crayfish is a species of crayfish found in the Caspian Sea, the Don river, and parts of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov,[3] where it lives in salinities of up to 14.[4] It is listed as Data Deficient in the IUCN Red List.[5]

References

  1. Martin Heinrich Rathke (1837). Zur Fauna der Krym: Ein Beitrag. Saint Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
  2. James W. Fetzner, Jr. (January 14, 2008). "Astacus pachypus (Rathke, 1837)". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
  3. R. W. Ingle (1997). Crayfishes, lobsters, and crabs of Europe: an illustrated guide to common and traded species. Springer. ISBN 978-0-412-71060-5.
  4. Hijran Yavuzcan Yildiz, Gulten Köksal & A. Caglan Karasu Benli (2004). "Physiological response of the crayfish, Astacus leptodactylus to saline water". Crustaceana 77 (10): 1271–1276. doi:10.1163/1568540043166056. JSTOR 20107437.
  5. F. Gherardi & C. Souty-Grosset (2010). "Astacus pachypus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved October 6, 2010.


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