Procambarus (Girardiella) simulans
Keith A. Crandall, James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.
Types
Syntypes, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 3646 (male I, 4 female), Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 3647 (23 male II, 30 female, 4 juv. male, 5 juv. female), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 4150 (male I, 3 male II, 5 juv. male), Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, Russia 1/44975 (2 male, female). Three second form male syntypes (Museum of Comparative Zoology 7342) could not be located.Remarks
The range of this crayfish is by no means clearly defined. Further study, particularly of first form males, throughout the recorded range is badly needed.References
Faxon, Walter. 1884. Descriptions of New Species of Cambarus, to Which is Added a Synonymical List of the Known Species of Cambarus and Astacus. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 20: 107-158.
Hobbs, H. H. Jr. 1989. An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Institution Press.
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Procambarus (Girardiella) simulans
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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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