Parastacidae

Parastacidae Temporal range: Albian–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cherax pulcher
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Astacidea
Superfamily:	Parastacoidea Huxley, 1879
Family:	Parastacidae Huxley, 1879 [1]
Genera
†Aenigmastacus Astacoides Astacopsis Cherax Engaeus Engaewa Euastacus Geocharax Gramastacus †Palaeoechinastacus Paranephrops Parastacus Samastacus Tenuibranchiurus Virilastacus

The Parastacidae are the family of freshwater crayfish found in the Southern Hemisphere. The family is a classic Gondwana-distributed taxon, with extant members in South America, Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea, and extinct taxa also in Antarctica.