astacology

astacology (uncountable)

1. The study of crayfish (Astacoidea).
   • 2016, Matt Longshaw, editor, Biology and Ecology of Crayfish:

     This view was ably summarised by Edgerton et al. (2004) who stated that such an “extreme emphasis on A. astaci has created inertia in European astacology, which has curtailed researchers, state fish-disease diagnosticians, and resource managers from fully assessing and considering the existence of other serious pathogens of freshwater crayfish and the ensuing consequences.

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