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Procambarus lucifugus

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Species of crayfish

Florida cave crayfish
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Procambarus
Species: P. lucifugus
Binomial name
Procambarus lucifugus
(Hobbs, 1940)

Procambarus lucifugus, the Florida cave crayfish, vampire crayfish, or light-fleeing cave crayfish, is a troglomorphic freshwater crayfish endemic to 20–25 occurrences (likely more) in an arc of caves 80 km long in 6 Florida counties.

There are two sub-species described;

The two sub-species are known to form intergrades in the range where they overlap.

References

  1. ^ Crandall, K.A.; Cordeiro, J. & Thoma, R.F. (2010). "Procambarus lucifugus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T62028A12578490. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T62028A12578490.en. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Procambarus lucifugus". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Procambarus lucifugus


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