Astacus pachypus
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| Astacus pachypus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Astacidae |
| Genus: | Astacus |
| Species: | A. pachypus |
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| Astacus pachypus Rathke, 1837 [1] |
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Astacus pachypus, the Caspian crayfish is a species of crayfish found in the Caspian Sea, the Don river, and parts of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov,[3] where it lives in salinities of up to 14‰.[4] It is listed as Data Deficient in the IUCN Red List.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Martin Heinrich Rathke (1837). Zur Fauna der Krym: Ein Beitrag. Saint Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Eu5AAAAAcAAJ.
- ^ James W. Fetzner, Jr. (January 14, 2008). "Astacus pachypus (Rathke, 1837)". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/crayfish/NewAstacidea/species.asp?g=Astacus&s=pachypus&ssp=.
- ^ R. W. Ingle (1997). Crayfishes, lobsters, and crabs of Europe: an illustrated guide to common and traded species. Springer. ISBN 9780412710605.
- ^ Hijran Yavuzcan Yildiz, Gulten Köksal & A. Caglan Karasu Benli (2004). "Physiological response of the crayfish, Astacus leptodactylus to saline water". Crustaceana 77 (10): 1271–1276. doi:10.1163/1568540043166056. JSTOR 20107437.
- ^ F. Gherardi & C. Souty-Grosset (2010). "Astacus pachypus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/153702. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
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