Systematics of the European Endangered Crayfish Species Austropotamobius Pallipes (Decapoda: Astacidae)

Abstract

lipes, In contrast, Karaman (1963) named two species, A. pallipes and A. italicus, subdivided the latter into three subspecies A. i. italicus, A. i. lusitanicus, and A. i. carsicus, with the last one distributed in the former Yugoslavia. More recently, Albrecht (1982) reported one species, A. pallipes, with several varieties in France, Spain, and Italy.