Florida cave crayfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Cambaridae |
Genus: | Procambarus |
Species: | P. lucifugus
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Binomial name | |
Procambarus lucifugus (
Hobbs, 1940)
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Procambarus lucifugus, the Florida cave crayfish, [1] vampire crayfish, [1] or light-fleeing cave crayfish, [1] [2] is a troglomorphic freshwater crayfish endemic to 20–25 occurrences (likely more) in an arc of caves 80 km long in 6 Florida counties. [1]
There are two sub-species described;
The two sub-species are known to form intergrades in the range where they overlap. [1] [2]
Florida cave crayfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Cambaridae |
Genus: | Procambarus |
Species: | P. lucifugus
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Binomial name | |
Procambarus lucifugus (
Hobbs, 1940)
|
Procambarus lucifugus, the Florida cave crayfish, [1] vampire crayfish, [1] or light-fleeing cave crayfish, [1] [2] is a troglomorphic freshwater crayfish endemic to 20–25 occurrences (likely more) in an arc of caves 80 km long in 6 Florida counties. [1]
There are two sub-species described;
The two sub-species are known to form intergrades in the range where they overlap. [1] [2]