Pontastacus pachypus

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]

Pontastacus pachypus
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Astacidae
Genus:	Pontastacus
Species:	P. pachypus
Binomial name
Pontastacus pachypus (Rathke, 1837) [2]
Synonyms[3][4]
Astacus pachypus Rathke, 1837 Astacus caspius Eichwald, 1841 Astacus pachypus var. lacustris Czerniavsky, 1884 Caspiastacus pachypus (Rathke, 1837) Pontastacus pachypus notabilis Brodsky, 1981 Potamobius pachypus (Rathke, 1837)