Pachygrapsus transversus, Fig.3, author: El Bouchikhi, Khadija
Penaeus merguiensis, author: Collection Georges Declercq
Conchodytes monodactylus, author: Fransen, Charles
Calocaris templemani - on block of sediment, author: Nozes, Claude

DecaNet (World List of Decapoda)

WoRMS taxon details

Samastacus Riek, 1971

885070  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:885070)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Astacidea (Infraorder)
  12. Parastacoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Parastacidae (Family)
  14. Samastacus (Genus)
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Riek, E. F. (1971). The Freshwater Crayfishes of South America. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 84(16): 129-136.
page(s): 134 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Samastacus Riek, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=885070 on 2025-04-07
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2016-09-19 12:01:56Z
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Crandall, Keith A.
2017-06-16 23:55:39Z
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Crandall, Keith A.

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Nomenclature

original description Riek, E. F. (1971). The Freshwater Crayfishes of South America. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 84(16): 129-136.
page(s): 134 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 37: 615-653. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux070 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Crandall, K. A., Fetzner, J. W. Jr., Jara, C. G., & Buckup, L. (2000). On the phylogenetic positioning of the South American freshwater crayfish genera (Decapoda: Parastacidae). <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 20(3):530-540. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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