Pontastacus pachypus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Astacidae |
Genus: | Pontastacus |
Species: | P. pachypus
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Binomial name | |
Pontastacus pachypus | |
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Pontastacus pachypus,[3] the Caspian crayfish is a species of crayfish found in the Caspian Sea, the Don river, and parts of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov,[5] where it lives in salinities of up to 14‰.[6] It is listed as Data Deficient in the IUCN Red List.[1]