Pontastacus pachypus

Astacus pachypus
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Family:	Astacidae
Genus:	Astacus
Species:	A. pachypus
Binomial name
	Astacus pachypus; Rathke, 1837
Synonyms
	Astacus caspius Eichwald, 1841; Caspiastacus pachypus (Rathke, 1837); Pontastacus pachypus (Rathke, 1837); Potamobius pachypus (Rathke, 1837);

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,^[4] where it lives in salinities of up to 14‰.^[5] It is listed as Data Deficient in the IUCN Red List.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b F. Gherardi; C. Souty-Grosset (2017). "Pontastacus pachypus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T153702A120106844. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T153702A120106844.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
^ Martin Heinrich Rathke (1837). Zur Fauna der Krym: Ein Beitrag. Saint Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
^ James W. Fetzner Jr. (January 14, 2008). "Astacus pachypus (Rathke, 1837)". Crayfish Taxon Browser. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
^ R. W. Ingle (1997). Crayfishes, lobsters, and crabs of Europe: an illustrated guide to common and traded species. Springer. ISBN 978-0-412-71060-5.
^ 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. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

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