NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Parastacidae
  Superfamily - Parastacoidea
  Infraorder - Astacidea
  Suborder - Pleocyemata
  Order - Decapoda
  Superorder - Eucarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Parastacus defossus
      Species - Parastacus laevigatus
      Species - Parastacus nicoleti
      Species - Parastacus pilimanus
      Species - Parastacus pugnax
      Species - Parastacus saffordi
      Species - Parastacus varicosus
      Species - Parastacus brasiliensis