Astacoides madagascariensis

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• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Freshwater [1].

Ecology:  

Astacoides madagascariensis is widespread in lotic habitats in the eastern rainforests. It is very similar to A. granulimanus and essentially appears to fill the same niche as this common species but with a range shifted to the north (J.P.G. Jones pers. comm. 2009).

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List of Habitats:

•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
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Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Astacoides

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. betsileoensis (Orambanonga) · A. granulimanus (Orambato) · A. madagascariensis (Madagascar Freshwater Crayfish)

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Further Reading

• 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 157.
• A Floral and faunal inventory of the eastern slopes of the Réserve naturelle intégrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar: with reference to elevational variation / Steven M. Goodman, editor. 85 1996 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1996. url crayfish and crabs , p. 155.
• A history of Crustacea: recent Malacostraca / by the Rev. Thomas R. R. Stebbing. New York: D. Appleton company, 1893. url p. 441.
• A history of Crustacea; recent Malacostraca, New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1893. url .
• An introduction to the study of zoology, illustrated by the crayfish. With eighty-two illustrations. New York: Appleton, 1920. url p. 308.
• Crustacea of Lake Titicaca. Cambridge, the Museum, 1876 url p. 668.
• Guide to the Crustacea, Arachnida, Onychophora and Myriopoda exhibited in the Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History). .. With 90 illustrations. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1910. url p. 56.
• Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge [etc.]Cambridge University Press [etc.] url p. 269.
• Madagascar: an environmental profile IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 96.
• Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 40 1914 Cambridge [Mass.]: The Museum, 1876-1940. url p. 404.
• Nature. London, Macmillan. url p. 263.
• Notes on the crayfishes in the United States National Museum and the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, with descriptions of new species and subspecies, to which is appended a catalogue of the known species and subspecies. By Walter Faxon. With thirteen plates. Cambridge, U.S.A., Printed for the Museum, 1914. url p. 404.
• Observations on the Astacidae in the United States National Museum and in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, with descriptions of new species. Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1898 url p. 668.
• Oil spill sensitivity of the western Indian Ocean islands: coastal data from the Comoros Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion and the Seychelles WCMC url p. 97.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 349.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url .
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 666.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 412, p. 412.
• The Crayfish: an introduction to the study of Zoology, &c. London, 1880. url p. 308.
• The Macleay memorial volume, ed. by J. J. Fletcher. Sydney [etc.]The Society, 1893. url p. 141.
• The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. London [etc.] url p. 106.
• The crayfish. An introduction to the study of zoology. New York, D. Appleton, 1880. url .
• The crayfish: an introduction to the study of zoology / London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Tru?bner & Co., 1906. url .
• The wanderings of animals / by Hans Gadow. Cambridge [Eng.]: University Press, 1913. url p. 92.
• The wanderings of animals, by Hans Gadow. .. Cambridge [Eng.]University Press;1913. url p. 92.

Notes

Contributors

• Crandall, K.A. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Jones, J.P.G. 2010. Astacoides madagascariensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7137338
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16107710
• IUCN ID: 193081
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1976

Footnotes

1. Jones, J.P.G. 2010. Astacoides madagascariensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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