A superfamily of various freshwater CRUSTACEA, in the infraorder Astacidea, comprising the crayfish. Common genera include Astacus and Procambarus. Crayfish resemble lobsters, but are usually much smaller.

Annotation

as animal & food; IM; as food, coord IM with SHELLFISH (IM)

jako zvířata a jídlo; IM; jako jídlo kombinuj IM s deskriptorem MĚKKÝŠI, KORÝŠI (IM)

DUI

D003400 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0005291

Previous indexing

Crustacea (1966-1971)

History note

2003 (1972)

Public note

2003; see CRAYFISH 1972-2002