Procambarus (Ortmannicus) leitheuseri
Coastal Lowland Cave Crayfish
Keith A. Crandall, James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.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.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.
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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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