Definition of Family astacidae

1. Noun. Crayfish.

Exact synonyms: Astacidae, Astacura
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Decapoda, Order Decapoda
Member holonyms: Crawdad, Crawdaddy, Crawfish, Crayfish, Astacus, Genus Astacus, Cambarus, Genus Cambarus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Astacidae

family Argentinidae
family Argiopidae
family Argonautidae
family Ariidae
family Aristolochiaceae
family Armadillidiidae
family Artamidae
family Ascaphidae
family Ascaridae
family Asclepiadaceae
family Asilidae
family Asparagaceae
family Aspergillaceae
family Asphodelaceae
family Aspleniaceae
family Astacidae
family Asteraceae
family Atherinidae
family Athiorhodaceae
family Athyriaceae
family Atrichornithidae
family Atropidae
family Aulostomidae
family Auriculariaceae
family Avicenniaceae
family Azollaceae
family Babesiidae
family Bacillaceae
family Bacteroidaceae
family Balaenicipitidae

Literary usage of Family astacidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural History of the American Lobster by Francis Hobart Herrick (1911)
"The crayfish (of the family Astacidae) has become a favorite subject in zoology, and very few invertebrates have received the degree of attention which ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1901)
"... on North American Crayfishes, family astacidae " (fr. US Mas.. Vol. 12, 1890). FAXON, W. : " Observations on the ..."

3. An Introduction to the Study of Fossils (plants and Animals) by Hervey Woodburn Shimer (1914)
"Crayfish of the family Astacidae, to which Cambarus belongs, have been found from the Cretaceous to the present day. The distinction of Cambarus from ..."

4. The Voyage of the "Challenger.": The Atlantic; a Preliminary Account of the by Charles Wyville Thomson (1878)
"Warped in the hempen tangles there was a fine specimen of a handsome decapod crustacean, having all the principal characters of the family Astacidae, ..."

5. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"... near Seat Pleasant, Prince George's County. Collection.—Maryland Geological Survey. ARTHROPODA CLASS CRUSTACEA' Order DECAPODA Family ASTACIDAE Genus ..."

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