Pontastacus leptodactylus

Pontastacus leptodactylus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Astacidae
Genus: Pontastacus
Species:
P. leptodactylus
Binomial name
Pontastacus leptodactylus
(Eschscholtz, 1823)
Synonyms[2]
  • Astacus leptodactylus Eschscholtz, 1823
  • Astacus angulosus Rathke, 1837
  • Astacus leptodactylus boreoorientalis Birstein & Vinogradov, 1934
  • Astacus (Pontastacus) leptodactylus leptodactylus natio intermedius Karaman, 1963
  • Astacus (Pontastacus) leptodactylus leptodactylus natio caeareensis Pretzmann, 1973

Pontastacus leptodactylus,[2] the Danube crayfish,[3] Galician crayfish,[3] Turkish crayfish[4] or narrow-clawed crayfish, is a relatively large and economically important species of crayfish native to fresh and brackish waters in eastern Europe and western Asia, mainly in the Pontic–Caspian region, among others including the basins of the Black Sea, and the Danube, Dnieper, Don and Volga rivers, as well as aquatic systems in Turkey.[1][5][6] It has spread widely beyond its native range, beginning in the 1700s when it spread via canals constructed in western Russia and since the 1900s through introducions to many regions for human consumption.[7] Today it is widespread throughout much of Europe.[1][5]

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  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b James W. Fetzner Jr. (January 14, 2008). "Astacus leptodactylus (Eschscholtz, 1823): Danube crayfish, Galician Crayfish". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
  4. ^ "Astacus leptodactylus – Turkish Crayfish". UK non-native organism risk assessment scheme version 3.3. DEFRA. Archived from the original on 25 February 2019.
  5. ^ a b Kouba, A.; Petrusek, A.; Kozák, P. (2014). "Continental-wide distribution of crayfish species in Europe: update and maps". Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems. 413: 05. doi:10.1051/kmae/2014007.
  6. ^ Harlioğlu, M.M. (2004). "The present situation of freshwater crayfish, Astacus leptodactylus (Eschscholtz, 1823) in Turkey". Aquaculture. 230 (1–4): 181–187. doi:10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00429-0.
  7. ^ Berezina, N.A.; Terentiev, P.M.; Sharov, A.N.; Maximov, A.A. (2021). "New records and disappearance from old sites of narrow-clawed crayfish Pontastacus leptodactylus in northwestern Russia". BioInvasions Records. 10 (4): 894–903. doi:10.3391/bir.2021.10.4.14.