Austropotamobius pallipes (Lereboullet, 1858)
(Freshwater Crayfish, Atlantic Crayfish, Freshwater White-clawed Crayfish)

Interactions where Austropotamobius pallipes is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
may be infected by Aphanomyces astaci Crayfish Plague - causative organism Saprolegniales: Leptolegniaceae Fungi, Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Saprolegniales/Leptolegniaceae/Aphanomyces astaci/Aphanomyces astacicrayfish plague - causative organism Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Decapoda/Astacidae/Austropotamobius pallipes/Austropotamobius pallipesfreshwater crayfish, Atlantic crayfish, freshwater white-clawed crayfish infects
gill gill is kleptoparasitised by worm UK/IrelandQuestionable Branchiobdella astaci a parasitic annelid Branchiobdellida: Branchiobdellidae Branchiobdella astaci Odier (Oligochaeta, Annelida) in Reading, Leake, C.J. & Price, A., 1965
 /Animalia/Annelida/Branchiobdellea/Branchiobdellida/Branchiobdellidae/Branchiobdella astaci/Branchiobdella astacia parasitic annelidworm Animal / kleptoparasiteRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Decapoda/Astacidae/Austropotamobius pallipes/Austropotamobius pallipesfreshwater crayfish, Atlantic crayfish, freshwater white-clawed crayfishgill worm kleptoparasitises gill
gill gill is ectoparasitised by worm UK/IrelandQuestionable Branchiobdella astaci a parasitic annelid Branchiobdellida: Branchiobdellidae Branchiobdella astaci Odier (Oligochaeta, Annelida) in Reading, Leake, C.J. & Price, A., 1965
 /Animalia/Annelida/Branchiobdellea/Branchiobdellida/Branchiobdellidae/Branchiobdella astaci/Branchiobdella astacia parasitic annelidworm Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Decapoda/Astacidae/Austropotamobius pallipes/Austropotamobius pallipesfreshwater crayfish, Atlantic crayfish, freshwater white-clawed crayfishgill worm ectoparasitises gill

Author & YearTitleSource
Leake, C.J. & Price, A., 1965Branchiobdella astaci Odier (Oligochaeta, Annelida) in ReadingThe Reading Naturalist No. 17: 18-19.
Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005FungiNew Naturalist, 96, 594pp, HarperCollins

Austropotamobius pallipes (Freshwater Crayfish, Atlantic Crayfish, Freshwater White-clawed Crayfish) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAustropotamobius pallipes (Freshwater Crayfish, Atlantic Crayfish, Freshwater White-clawed Crayfish)
FamilyASTACIDAE (crayfishes)
OrderDECAPODA (crabs, shrimps, lobsters etc.)
SuperorderEUCARIDA (crab, shrimps, lobsters etc.)
SubclassEUMALACOSTRACA (a subclass of crustaceans)
ClassMALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Austropotamobius pallipes (Freshwater Crayfish, Atlantic Crayfish, Freshwater White-clawed Crayfish)

Austropotamobius pallipes (Freshwater Crayfish, Atlantic Crayfish, Freshwater White-clawed Crayfish) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Holdich, D., Sibley, P. & Peay, S. 2004 The White-clawed Crayfish - decade on British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 3: 153-164.

Conservation

Stebbing, P.D., Watson, G.J., Bentley, M.G., Fraser, D., Jennings, R. & Sibley, P.J. 2005 Evaluation of the capacity of pheromones for control of invasive non-native crayfish: Part 2 Research Reports EN Report no 633.
Stebbing, P.D., Watson, G.J., Bentley, M.G., Fraser, D., Jennings, R., Rushton, S.P. & Sibley, P.J. 2004 Evaluation of the capacity of pheromones for control of invasive non-native crayfish Research Reports EN Report no 578.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Austropotamobius pallipes (Freshwater Crayfish, Atlantic Crayfish, Freshwater White-clawed Crayfish):

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