Austropotamobius
| Austropotamobius Temporal range: Barremian–Recent | |
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| Austropotamobius torrentium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Astacidae |
| Genus: | Austropotamobius Skorikow, 1907 |
| Type species | |
| Cancer torrentium Schrank, 1803 | |
Austropotamobius is a genus of crayfish in the family Astacidae. It contains three extant species,[1] and one species known from fossils of Barremian age:[2]
- Austropotamobius llopisi (Via, 1971) †
- Austropotamobius italicus (Faxon, 1914)
- Austropotamobius pallipes (Lereboullet, 1858)
- Austropotamobius torrentium (Schrank, 1803) — stone crayfish
References
- ↑ James W. Fetzner, Jr. (May 9, 2005). "Genus Austropotamobius Skorikow, 1908". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
- ↑ Alycia L. Rode & Loren E. Babcock (2003). "Phylogeny of fossil and extant freshwater crayfish and some closely related nephropid lobsters". Journal of Crustacean Biology 23 (2): 418–435. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2003)023[0418:POFAEF]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 1549646.