Astacidea

Lobster

The large crabs ( Astacidea ) are a partial order of the Higher crabs ( Malacostraca ). Because of its known members they are called in German crayfish and lobster like.

Features

All major cancers have a relatively robust physique. Your carapace is cylindrical. It has only behind the mouth opening a connection with the sternum. The abdomen ends in a pronounced, broad tail fan. The first pair of legs is greatly enlarged and wears thick, heavy scissors. The second and third pair of legs bears, but much smaller, scissors. The gills consist of unbranched filaments.

System

Superfamilies and families:

  • Reef lobsters ( Enoplometopidae )
  • Lobster -like ( Nephropidae )

Swell

  • SA Fosså, & AJ Nilsen: Coral Reef Aquarium. Volume 6, Birgit Schmettkamp Verlag, Bornheim 1998, ISBN 3-928819-18-6
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