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Procambarus (Lonnbergius) Hobbs 1972

Procambarus (Lonnbergius) acherontis Lonnberg 1894

Orlando Cave Crayfish

Keith A. Crandall, James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.
Containing group: Procambarus

Types

Holotype, Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, Russia 1/4412 (1 specimen).

Type Locality

Subterranean rivulet about 42 feet (12.6 m) from surface, near Lake Brantley, Seminole County, Florida (probably Sec. 3, T. 21S, R. 29E); these co-ordinates were furnished by R. Franz who searched the tax records of the property of Mr. A.E. Sjoblom on which the well mentioned by Lonnberg was situated.

Range

Known from only one locality in Orange County, Florida, and three in Seminole County, Florida (see Franz and Lee, 1982).

Habitat

Springs and underground streams.

Remarks

Hobbs (1940a:393), endeavoring to clarify the confusion engendered by Faxon as to the indentity of the species (see P. (O.) lucifugus lucifugus) and believing that both of Lonnberg's types were lost, designated neotypes from the Palm Springs locality. As informed by Dr. Y. Starobogatov, one of Lonnberg's specimens is still extant (see above); thus, the neotype designation should be rejected.

Conservation Status

Category: EN (Endangered)
Criteria: B1+2c
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Other Names for Procambarus (Lonnbergius) acherontis Lonnberg 1894

References

Baillie, Jonathan, and Brian Groombridge. 1996. IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.

Franz, Richard, and David S. Lee. 1982. Distribution and Evolution of Florida's Troglobitic Crayfishes. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences, 28(3): 53-78, 9 figures.

Hobbs, Horton H., Jr. 1940. Seven New Crayfishes of the Genus Cambarus from Florida, with Notes on Other Species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 89(3097): 387:423, figures 14-22.

Hobbs, Horton H., Jr. 1972. The Subgenera of the Crayfish Genus Procambarus (Decapoda: Astacidae). Smithsonian Constributions to Zoology, 117: 22 pages, figures 1-20.

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. 1989. An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Institution Press.

Lonnberg, Einar. 1894. Cambarids from Florida, a New Blind Species. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 17(444): 125-127.

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Keith A. Crandall
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA

James W. Fetzner, Jr.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.
Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, USA

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