"Astacoidea" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A superfamily of various freshwater CRUSTACEA, in the infraorder Astacidea, comprising the crayfish. Common genera include Astacus and Procambarus. Crayfish resemble lobsters, but are usually much smaller.
| Descriptor ID |
D003400
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.365.190.070
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Astacoidea".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Astacoidea".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Astacoidea" by people in this website by year, and whether "Astacoidea" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Astacoidea" by people in Profiles.
-
Human paragonimiasis in North America following ingestion of raw crayfish. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 15; 49(6):e55-61.