Pontastacus

Pontastacus
Pontastacus leptodactylus (museum specimen)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Astacidea
Superfamily: Astacoidea
Family: Astacidae
Genus: Pontastacus
Bott, 1950
Species

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Synonyms
  • Astacus (Pontastacus) Bott, 1950
  • Caspiastacus Starobogatov, 1996

Pontastacus is a genus of freshwater crayfish native to eastern Europe and western Asia, but also introduced elsewhere.