Biology:Pontastacus pachypus

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Short description: Species of crayfish


Pontastacus pachypus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Astacidae
Genus: Pontastacus
Species:
P. pachypus
Binomial name
Pontastacus pachypus
Synonyms[2][3]
  • 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,[2] 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,[4] where it lives in salinities of up to 14‰.[5] It is listed as Data Deficient in the IUCN Red List.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gherardi, F. & Souty-Grosset, C. 2017. Pontastacus pachypus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. Downloaded on 25 March 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 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). doi:10.1093/jcbiol/rux070. 
  3. James W. Fetzner Jr. (January 14, 2008). "Astacus pachypus (Rathke, 1837)". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/crayfish/NewAstacidea/species.asp?g=Astacus&s=pachypus&ssp=. 
  4. 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. 
  5. 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. 

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