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Procambarus (Hagenides) geodytes Hobbs 1937

Keith A. Crandall, James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.
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Containing group: Procambarus (Hagenides)

Types

Holotype and allotype, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 81279 (male I, female); "morphotype," National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 81280 (male II); paratypes, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (now in National Museum of Natural History), Bureau of Marine Research, St. Petersburg, Florida.

Type Locality

Orange Springs in the northeastern part of Marion County, Florida (Sec. 2, T. 12S, R. 23E); found in burrows near the springs.

Range

Along the St. Johns River and its tributaries from Putnam County south to Seminole County, Florida.

Habitat

Burrows in flatwoods, seepage areas, and in vicinities of springs (primary burrower).

Conservation Status

Currently stable.

References

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. 1989. An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Institution Press.

Hobbs, Horton H., Jr. 1937. Some Florida Crawfishes and Their Habitat Distribution. [Abstract.] Proceedings of the Florida Academy of Sciences, 1: 154.

Taylor, C. A., M. L. Warren, Jr., J. F. Fitzpatrick, Jr., H. H. Hobbs III, R. F. Jezerinac, W. L. Pflieger, and H. W. Robison. 1996. Conservation Status of Crayfishes of the United States and Canada. Fisheries 21:4.

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Procambarus (Hagenides) geodytes
Photo copyright © 1998 Keith A. Crandall

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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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Crandall, Keith A., James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr. 2001. Procambarus (Hagenides) geodytes Hobbs 1937. Version 01 January 2001 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Procambarus_%28Hagenides%29_geodytes/7455/2001.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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