Aphanomyces astaci: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Chromista
- Phylum
- Oomycota
- Class
- Saprolegniomycetes
- Order
- Saprolegniales
- Family
- Verrucalvaceae
- Genus
- Aphanomyces
- Species
- Aphanomyces astaci
- Scientific Name
- Aphanomyces astaci
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Aphanomyces astaci
Crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astaci) is a water mold that infects crayfish, most notably the European Astacus which dies within a few weeks of being infected. When experimentally tested, species from Australia, New Guinea and Japan were also found to be susceptible to the infection.
...Aphanomyces astaci in languages:
- Czech
- afanomyces račí
- English
- crayfish plague
- Swedish
- kräftpest
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Aphanomyces acinetophagus
- Aphanomyces amphigynus
- Aphanomyces astaci
- Aphanomyces bosminae
- Aphanomyces brassicae
- Aphanomyces camptostylus
- Aphanomyces cladogamus
- Aphanomyces cochlioides
- Aphanomyces daphniae
- Aphanomyces euteiches
- Aphanomyces frigidophilus
- Aphanomyces helicoides
- Aphanomyces hydatinae
- Aphanomyces invadans
- Aphanomyces iridis
- Aphanomyces irregularis
- Aphanomyces keratinophilus
- Aphanomyces laevis
- Aphanomyces norvegicus
- Aphanomyces ovidestruens
- Aphanomyces parasiticus
- Aphanomyces patersonii
- Aphanomyces phycophilus
- Aphanomyces pisci
- Aphanomyces raphani
- Aphanomyces scaber
- Aphanomyces stellatus
- Aphanomyces volgensis