Decanet taxon details
Astacus astacus (Linnaeus, 1758)
877649 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:877649)
accepted
Species
Cancer nobilis von Paula Schrank, 1803 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Astacus astacus astacus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subspecies Astacus astacus canadziae Starobogatov, 1996
- Subspecies Astacus astacus balcanicus (Karaman, 1929) accepted as Astacus balcanicus balcanicus (Karaman, 1929) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
recent only
(of Cancer astacus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Astacus astacus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877649 on 2026-08-28
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(of Cancer astacus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Cancer nobilis von Paula Schrank, 1803) Paula Schrank, F. von. (1803). Fauna Boica: Durchgedachte Geschichte dere in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. Band 3, Abtheilung 1. Landshut. 1-272. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35879991 [details]
taxonomy source 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
original description (of Cancer nobilis von Paula Schrank, 1803) Paula Schrank, F. von. (1803). Fauna Boica: Durchgedachte Geschichte dere in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere. Band 3, Abtheilung 1. Landshut. 1-272. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35879991 [details]
taxonomy source 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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
