| Procambarus pallidus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Procambarus |
| Species: | P. pallidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Procambarus pallidus (Hobbs, 1940) | |
Procambarus pallidus, the pallid cave crayfish, [1] [2] is a freshwater crayfish native to over 80 caves in Florida [1] and Georgia [2] in the United States.
Procambarus clarkii, known variously as the red swamp crayfish, Louisiana crawfish or mudbug, is a species of cambarid crayfish native to freshwater bodies of northern Mexico, and southern and southeastern United States, but also introduced elsewhere, where it is often an invasive pest.
The Everglades crayfish, sometimes called the Florida crayfish, the blue crayfish, the electric blue crayfish, or the sapphire crayfish, is a species of freshwater crayfish endemic to Florida in the United States. Its natural range is the area east of St. Johns River and all of Florida from Levy County and Marion County southwards, as well as on some of the Florida Keys. It is included on the IUCN Red List as a species of Least Concern. The blue crayfish is frequently kept in freshwater aquaria. In the wild, this species varies from brown-tan to blue, but an aquarium strain has been selectively bred to achieve a brilliant cobalt blue color.
Procambarus acherontis, the Orlando cave crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Orange County and Seminole County, Florida, and is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
Procambarus apalachicolae, the coastal flatwoods crayfish, is a species of crayfish in family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Florida, and is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
Procambarus attiguus, known as the Silver Glen Springs cave crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Silver Glen Springs, Marion County, Florida, and is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Procambarus barbiger, known as the Jackson prairie crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Jackson Prairie in Newton County, Scott County, Jasper County, Smith County and Rankin County, Mississippi.
Procambarus brazoriensis, the Brazoria crayfish, is a species of crayfish which is endemic to Brazoria County, Texas. It is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
Procambarus delicatus, sometimes called the big-cheeked cave crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to a single spring in the Ocala National Forest, Lake County, Florida.
Procambarus gibbus, the Muckalee Crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the Flint River drainage in the U.S. state of Georgia. The common name refers to the Muckalee Creek in Sumter County, Georgia, from where the first specimens were collected.
Procambarus morrisi, the Putnam County cave crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is only known from the type locality, at the Devil's Sink, west of Interlachen, Putnam County, Florida, and is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Procambarus nigrocinctus, the blackbelted crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is listed as a species of Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, because it is known from more than 100 sites across thirteen counties in Texas, where it is endemic to the Neches River system, and is common and widespread in a national park.
Procambarus orcinus, known as the Woodville Karst cave crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the Woodville Karst Plain in the United States. This species has been reported from eight solutional caves in southern Leon County as well as six caves in Wakulla County, Florida.
Procambarus texanus is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is only known from a fish hatchery near Smithville, Bastrop County, Texas. and is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.
Procambarus lucifugus lucifugus, known as the Withlocoochee light-fleeing cave crayfish, is one of two subspecies of the vampire crayfish, along with Procambarus lucifugus alachua. It is distinct from P. l. alachua due its lack of eyespots. 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.
Procambarus regalis, sometimes called the regal burrowing crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is native to Texas and Arkansas, and is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, although it may be a synonym of Procambarus steigmani.
Procambarus cavernicola, the Gabriel cave crayfish, is a freshwater crayfish endemic to Oaxaca in Mexico. It is a cave-dwelling species known from only one cave, Gabriel Cave in the Mojarra Hill, near Buenos Aires.
Procambarus lucifugus, the vampire crayfish or light-fleeing cave crayfish is a freshwater crayfish endemic to 20-25 occurrences in an arc of caves 80 km long in 6 Florida counties.
