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Pontastacus pachypus

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Pontastacus pachypus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Astacidae
Genus: Pontastacus
Species:
P. pachypus
Binomial name
Pontastacus pachypus
(Rathke, 1837) [2]
Synonyms[3][4]
  • Astacus pachypus Rathke, 1837
  • Astacus caspius Eichwald, 1841
  • Astacus pachypus var. lacustris Czerniavsky, 1884
  • Caspiastacus pachypus (Rathke, 1837)
  • Pontastacus pachypus notabilis Brodsky, 1981
  • Potamobius pachypus (Rathke, 1837)

Pontastacus pachypus,[3] 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,[5] where it lives in salinities of up to 14.[6] It is listed as Data Deficient in the IUCN Red List.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gherardi, F. & Souty-Grosset, C. 2017. Pontastacus pachypus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. Downloaded on 25 March 2022.
  2. ^ Martin Heinrich Rathke (1837). Zur Fauna der Krym: Ein Beitrag. Saint Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
  3. ^ a b Crandall, Keith A; De Grave, Sammy (2017). "An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 37 (5): 615–653. doi:10.1093/jcbiol/rux070.
  4. ^ James W. Fetzner Jr. (January 14, 2008). "Astacus pachypus (Rathke, 1837)". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.