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Astacus astacus
– Vulnerable
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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ARTHROPODA
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Class:
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CRUSTACEA
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Order:
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DECAPODA
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Family:
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ASTACIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Astacus astacus
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Species Authority:
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(Linnaeus, 1758)
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Common Name/s:
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BROAD-FINGERED CRAYFISH (Eng)
EUROPEAN CRAYFISH (Eng)
NOBLE CRAYFISH (Eng)
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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VU B2bce+3bcd ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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Sket, B.
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History:
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| 1983 | - | Vulnerable (Wells et al. 1983) |
| 1986 | - | Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986) |
| 1988 | - | Vulnerable (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988) |
| 1990 | - | Vulnerable (IUCN 1990) |
| 1994 | - | Vulnerable (Groombridge 1994) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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It is found from France throughout central Europe, to the Balkan peninsula, and north as far as parts of Scandinavia, and the western parts of the Russuian Federation.
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Countries:
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Native:
Austria; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Latvia; Lithuania; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Moldova, Republic of; Montenegro; Norway; Poland; Romania; Russian Federation; Serbia; Slovenia; Sweden; Ukraine
Introduced:
Switzerland
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Population
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Population:
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Is said to be the most common species of crayfish in Europe.
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Habitat and Ecology
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Habitat and Ecology:
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Like other crayfish, the European Crayfish is restricted to fresh water, living primarily in unpolluted streams, rivers and lakes.
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System:
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Freshwater
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Threats
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Threats:
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Astacus astacus was once abundant in Europe, although it was expensive to buy, and is considered to be the finest edible crayfish. It is, however, susceptible to the crayfish plague carried by the invasive Signal Crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) from America.
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Wells, S.M., Pyle, R.M. and Collins, N.M. (compilers) 1983. The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
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