Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Astacidea > Superfamily Astacoidea > Family Astacidae > Genus Astacus

Astacus astacus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cancer Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Astacus*	Fabricius, 1775	accepted genus name
*Cancer (Astacus)*	Fabricius, 1775	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bulgarian: Rechen rаk; Речен рак sources: Bulgarian PESI focal point

Danish: Flodkrebs sources: danish PESI focal point

English: Noble Crayfish; Рак широкопалий sources: Charles Hussey

German: Edelkrebs; Europäischer Flusskrebs sources: german PESI focal point

Greek: Καραβίδα Γλυκού Νερού

Italian: Gambero dai piedi rossi sources: italian PESI focal point

Lithuanian: plačiažnyplis vėžys sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point

Norwegian Bokmål: edelkreps

Norwegian Nynorsk: edelkreps

Polish: Rak szlachetny sources: Poland PESI focal point

Romanian: Rac de râu sources: Romania PESI focal point

Russian: широкопалый речной рак sources: Russian PESI focal point

Slovenian: potočni rak sources: Slovenian PESI focal point

Spanish, Castillian: Cangrejo de río sources: spanish PESI focal point

Swedish: flodkräfta

Turkish: Has istakoz; Nehir istakozu sources: Turkish PESI focal point

Ukrainian: Рак широкопалий

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Citation

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Astacus astacus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/704d3535-9173-4d58-a278-0e481362a810

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