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Procambarus (Ortmannicus) leitheuseri Franz and Hobbs 1983

Coastal Lowland Cave Crayfish

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

Types

Holotype, allotype, and morphotype, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 178361, 178362, 178585 (male I, female, male II); paratypes, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Florida State Museum, Gainesville, Florida.

Type Locality

"Eagle's Nest" (= Lost Sink or Eagle Hole), 4.0 miles (5.4 km) northwest of the junction of U.S. Highway 19 and State Road 50 (NE 1/4, NE 1/4, SW 1/4, Sec. 21, T. 22S, R. 17E), Hernando County, Florida.

Range

Known from only six localities in Hernando and Pasco counties, Florida.

Habitat

Subterranean waters.

Conservation Status

Category: VU (Vulnerable)
Criteria: B1+2c, D1
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Other Names for Procambarus (Ortmannicus) leitheuseri Franz and Hobbs 1983

References

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

Franz, Richard and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr. 1983. Procambarus (Ortmannicus) leitheuseri, New Species, Another Troglobitic Crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from Peninsular Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 96(2): 323-332, 1 figure.

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

About This Page
Page constructed by Emily Browne.

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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