''Austropotamobius'' is a genus of European

crayfish Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Astacidea, which also contains lobsters. Taxonomically, they are members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea. They breathe through feather-like gills. Some spe ...

in the family

Astacidae Astacidae is a family (biology), family of freshwater crayfish native to Europe, western Asia and western North America. The family is made up of four extant taxon, extant (living) genera: The genera ''Astacus'' (which includes the European crayf ...

. It contains four

extant Extant or Least-concern species, least concern is the opposite of the word extinct. It may refer to: * Extant hereditary titles * Extant literature, surviving literature, such as ''Beowulf'', the oldest extant manuscript written in English * Exta ...

species,

References

Astacidae Decapod genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Extant Barremian first appearances {{Crayfish-stub