Austropotamobius pallipes

White-clawed crayfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Astacidae
Genus: Austropotamobius
Species:
A. pallipes
Binomial name
Austropotamobius pallipes
(Lereboullet, 1858)
Synonyms[2]
  • Astacus pallipes Lereboullet, 1858
  • Astacus pallipes var. flavus Lereboullet, 1858
  • Astacus fontinalis Carbonnier, 1869

Austropotamobius pallipes is an endangered[1] European freshwater crayfish, and the only crayfish native to the British Isles.[3] Its common names include white-clawed crayfish and Atlantic stream crayfish.

  1. ^ a b L. Füreder; Gherardi, F.; Holdich, D.; Reynolds, J.; Sibley, P.; Souty-Grosset, C. (2010). "Austropotamobius pallipes". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T2430A9438817. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T2430A9438817.en.
  2. ^ 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. ^ "Freshwater white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes)". ARKive.org. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

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