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 a 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 is a genus of crayfish in the family Cambaridae, all native to North and Central America. It includes a number of troglobitic species, and the marbled crayfish (marmorkrebs), which is parthenogenetic. Originally described as a subgenus for four species, it now contains around 161 species.
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 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 econfinae, sometimes called the Panama City crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is only found around Panama City, Florida, and is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List. It has been listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 since February 2022.
Procambarus erythrops, the Santa Fe cave crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is only known from five sites, all of which are north of the Santa Fe River, east of the Suwannee River, and west of Ichetucknee Springs, in Suwannee County, Florida.
Procambarus escambiensis, sometimes called the Escambia crayfish, is a species of crustacean in family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the Escambia River system in Alabama and Florida and is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
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 horsti, known as the Big Blue Spring crayfish or Big Blue Spring cave crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to subterranean springs in Jefferson County and Leon County, Florida.
Procambarus leitheuseri, sometimes called the Coastal Lowland cave crayfish, is a species of troglobite crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Hernando and Pasco counties, Florida and is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
Procambarus milleri, the Miami cave crayfish is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Florida, where it is known from 14–15 sites in Dade County, Florida, and is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.
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 pogum, the bearded crayfish or bearded red crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the Houlka–Tibbie Creek basin in Chickasaw County and Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, and is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, having only been recorded once since its original description.
Black Creek is a tributary of the St. Johns River in Clay County, Florida. It is formed by the confluence of North Fork Black Creek and South Fork Black Creek. North Fork Black Creek originates as an outflow from Kingsley Lake and flows north and then southeast, meeting South Fork Black Creek on the east side of MIddleburg. North Fork Black Creek has Yellow Water Creek as its main tributary. South Fork Black Creek originates in a chain of lakes about four miles south of Kingsley Lake, with Ates Creek, Bull Creek, and Greens Creek as its main tributaries. Both forks are fed by areas of wetlands and numerous small streams.
Procambarus zonangulus, the white river crawfish, white river crayfish or southern white river crayfish, is a species of freshwater crayfish.
Procambarus fallax is a species of crayfish in the genus Procambarus. It lives in tributaries of the Satilla River in Georgia and Florida. It is the closest relative to the parthenogenetic marbled crayfish, Procambarus virginalis.
Procambarus natchitochae, or the Red River creek crayfish, is a crayfish native to the Red River basin and Bayou Teche in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Its distribution is given by the IUCN here, whereas a slightly different Louisiana map is provided in the "Crawfishes of Louisiana", which excludes Bayou Teche P. natchitochae has a distribution of approximately 46,000 km2.
Procambarus acutus, the white river crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is found in North America and Europe.
