Austropotamobius pallipes

White-clawed crayfish
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Astacidae
Genus: Austropotamobius
Species:
A. pallipes
Binomial name
Austropotamobius pallipes
(Lereboullet, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Astacus pallipes Lereboullet, 1858
  • Astacus pallipes var. flavus Lereboullet, 1858
  • Astacus fontinalis Carbonnier, 1869

Austropotamobius pallipes is an endangered European freshwater crayfish, and the only crayfish native to the British Isles. Its common names include white-clawed crayfish and Atlantic stream crayfish.

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