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Definition of Astacus

Astacus
Astacus As"ta*cus, n. [L. astacus a crab, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of crustaceans, containing the crawfish of fresh-water lobster of Europe, and allied species of western North America. See Crawfish.

Meaning of Astacus from wikipedia

- unaffected by it. Astacus was the first named genus of freshwater crayfish, with many former species later being re****igned to other genera. Astacus belongs to...
- Astacus astacus, the European crayfish, noble crayfish, or broad-fingered crayfish, is the most common species of crayfish in Europe, and a traditional...
- the name Astacus (Ancient Gr****: Ἄστακος) may refer to: Astacus of Thebes, a descendant of the Spartoi, and the eponym of the city Astacus, characterized...
- / 56.300; 12.467). Two synonyms of the species have been published – "Astacus rugosus", described by the eccentric zoologist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque...
- distinguished most easily from the European or broad-fingered crayfish, Astacus astacus, by the relatively thinner "fingers" of the claws. Further studies...
- Astacus or Astakos (Ancient Gr****: Ἄστακος) was a town on the west coast of ancient Acarnania, on a bay, one side of which is formed by the promontory...
- later be founded opposite of Astacus. Astacus was a member of the Delian League. Strabo wrote that some time after Astacus was 'a colony of Megarians and...
- The Sea of Marmara, also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea, is a small inland sea entirely within the borders of Turkey. It links the Black...
- Introduced to Europe in the 1960s to supplement the North European Astacus astacus fisheries, which were being damaged by crayfish plague, it was subsequently...
- the species had been referred to by several different names, including Astacus marinus Fabricius, 1775 and Homarus vulgaris H. Milne-Edwards, 1837, and...