Spiny Tail Crayfish

Procambarus (Acucauda) fitzpatricki Hobbs

Cambarus (Paracambarus) harnedi Lyle, 1938:76 [nomen nudum].

Procambarus fitzpatricki Hobbs, 1971a:46I, fig. 1.

Procambarus (Acucauda) fitzpatricki.—Hobbs, 1972a:5, figs. 1l, 2a, 4a–g.

TYPES.—Holotype, allotype, and morphotype, USNM 131205, 131206, 131207 (I, , II); paratypes, USNM.

TYPE-LOCALITY.—Roadside ditch at junction of State Route 67 and Woolmarket Road, just north of D'Iberville, Harrison County, Mississippi.

RANGE.—Southern Mississippi between the Wolf and Pascagoula rivers.

HABITAT.—Burrows (primary or secondary burrower).

Austrocambarus Hobbs, 1972a:5. [Type-species by original designation, Procambarus vazquezae Villalobos, 1954b:328. Gender: masculine.]

Procambarus (Acucauda) fitzpatricki Hobbs

Cambarus (Paracambarus) harnedi Lyle, 1938:76 [nomen nudum].

Procambarus fitzpatricki Hobbs, 1971a:461, fig. 1.

Procambarus (Acucauda) fitzpatricki.—Hobbs, 1972a:5, figs. 11, 2a, 4a–g; 1974b:43, fig. 170.

TYPES.—Holotype, allotype, and morphotype, USNM 131205, 131206, 131207 (male I, female, male II); paratypes, USNM.

TYPE LOCALITY.—Roadside ditch at junction of State Route 67 and Woolmarket Road, just north of D'Iberville, Harrison County, Mississippi.

RANGE.—Southern Mississippi between the Wolf and Pascagoula rivers.

HABITAT.—Burrows (primary or secondary burrower).

Astacus.—Erichson, 1846:87 [in part].

Cambarus.—Girard, 1852:87 [in part].

Procambarus.—Hobbs, 1942a:342 [in part].

Procambarus fitzpatricki, sometimes called the spinytail crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to southern Mississippi, between the Wolf River and the Pascagoula River, and is listed as a species of Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. It is the only species in the subgenus Procambarus (Acucauda).