Procambarus (Ortmannicus) delicatus
Big-cheeked Cave Crayfish
Keith A. Crandall, James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.Types
Holotype, allotype, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Insitution, Washington D.C 218528, 144848 (male II, female); paratype, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.Type Locality
Alexander Springs, about 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Astor Park, Lake County, Florida (Levy Grant 39, T. 16S, R. 27E).References
Baillie, Jonathan, and Brian Groombridge. 1996. IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
Hobbs, H. H. Jr. 1989. An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Institution Press.
Hobbs, Horton H., Jr., and Richard Franz. 1986. New Troglobitic Crayfish with Comments on Its Relationship to Epigean and other Hypogean Crayfishes of Florida. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 6(3): 509-519, figures 1-3.
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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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