Procambarus lucifugus lucifugus

Procambarus lucifugus lucifugus, known as the Withlocoochee light-fleeing cave crayfish, is one of two subspecies of the vampire crayfish (Procambarus lucifugus), along with Procambarus lucifugus alachua. It is distinct from P. l. alachua due its lack of eyespots.[1] Intergrades of the two P. lucifugus subspecies, P. l. alachua as well as P. erythrops and P. leitheuseri have been found to have little genetic differentiation, especially when compared to P. l. lucifugus which is distinct from all of those. It has been suggested that P. l. lucifugus may prove to be a different species, found only in two freshwater caves, the location of one of which is unknown.[2]

Procambarus lucifugus lucifugus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Family:
Cambaridae
Genus:
Procambarus
Species:
P. lucifugus
Subspecies:
P. l. lucifugus
Trinomial name
Procambarus lucifugus lucifugus
Hobbs, 1940

Distribution

P. l. lucifugus is only found in subterranean waters of two caves, one of which is the Gum Cave, about 7 miles (11.2 km) southwest of Floral City in Citrus County, Florida.[3] It is also known to occur in a cave in the Hernando County, northward to the Marion County, Florida, where it interbreeds to form intergrades with P. l. alachua.

References
  1. Hobbs, H. H.; Daniel, M. A. (1977). "A Review of the Troglobitic Decapod Crustaceans of the Americas". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (244): 1–183. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.244. ISSN 0081-0282.
  2. "IUCN: Withlocoochee Light-fleeing Cave Crayfish".
  3. "Grafton, Sue (1940)", 100 American Crime Writers, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012-08-07, doi:10.1057/9781137031662.0046, ISBN 978-1-137-03166-2
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.