Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Astacidea > Superfamily Astacoidea

Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Cambarinae*	Hobbs, 1942	synonym

Children

Cambarus Erichson, 1846
Faxonius Ortmann, 1905
Orconectes Cope, 1872
Procambarus Ortmann, 1905

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: アメリカザリガニ科

Literature

original description	Hobbs, H. H. Jr. (1942). A generic revision of the crayfishes of the subfamily Cambarinae (Decapoda, Astacidae) with the description of a new genus and species. American Midland Naturalist. 28(2): 334–357.
basis of record	Crandall, K.A.; De Grave, S. (2017). An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 37: 615-653.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Nehring, S. (2006). Four arguments why so many alien species settle into estuaries, with special reference to the German river Elbe. Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(2): 127-134.
taxonomy source	Hobbs, H.H.Jr. (1974). Synopsis of the families and genera of crayfishes (Crustacea: Decapoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 164: 1–32.
taxonomy source	Hobbs, H.H.Jr. (1989). An illustrated checklist of the crayfishes of American crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-92.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234095

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/704833c6-2f6a-4d0e-9903-83dc8da410e3