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Procambarus (Leconticambarus) milleri Hobbs
Procambarus milleri Hobbs, 1971c:115, figs. 1–11, 16.
Procambarus (Leconticambarus) milleri.—Hobbs, 1972a:8; 1974b:51, fig. 203.—Hobbs, Hobbs, and Daniel, 1977:121, fig. 5.
TYPES.—Holotype and morphotype, USNM 131257, 131258 (male I, male II); paratypes, USNM.
TYPE LOCALITY.—Well at Little Bird Nursery and Garden Store at 8427 Bird Road, Miami, Dade County, Florida (Sec. 15, T. 54S, R. 40E).
RANGE.—Known only from the type locality.
HABITAT.—Subterranean waters.
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- Hobbs, Horton Holcombe, Jr. 1989. "An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda, Astacidae, Cambaridae, Parastacidae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-236. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.480
Comprehensive Description
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Procambarus (Leconticambarus) milleri Hobbs
Procambarus milleri Hobbs, 1971c: 115, figs. 1—11, 16.
Procambarus (Leconticambarus) milleri.—Hobbs, 1972a:8.
TYPES.—Holotype and morphotype, USNM 131257, 131258 ( I, II); paratypes, USNM.
TYPE-LOCALITY.—Well at Little Bird Nursery and Garden Store at 8427 Bird Road, Miami, Dade County, Florida (Sec. 15, T. 54 S., R. 40 E.).
RANGE.—Known only from the type-locality.
HABITAT.—Subterranean waters.
- bibliographic citation
- Hobbs, Horton Holcombe, Jr. 1974. "A Checklist of the North and Middle American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae and Cambaridae)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-161. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.166
Comprehensive Description
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Procambarus (Leconticambarus) milleri Hobbs
Procambarus milleri Hobbs, 1971b:115–118, 121–123, figs. 1–11, 16.—Hobbs and Barr, 1972:4.—Caine, 1974a:490–491.—Relyea and Sutton, 1975c:8.
Procambarus (Leconticambarus) milleri.—Hobbs, 1972a:7 [by implication], 8; 1972b:51, 151, fig. llf; 1974b:51–52, 130, fig. 203; 1975a:14.—Hobbs III, 1975:276. Crayfish.—Peck, 1974b:31 [in part].
DIAGNOSIS.—Same as that for the subgenus. In addition, albinistic, eyes reduced but with pigmented area bearing facets.
SIZE.—Carapace length 13.8 mm; postorbital carapace length 11.4 mm.
TYPES.—Holotype and morphotype, USNM 131257, 131258 ( I, II);paratypes, USNM.
TYPE-LOCALITY.—Well at Little Bird Nursery and Garden Store at 8427 Bird Road, Miami, Dade County (Sec. 15, T. 54S, R. 40E), Florida, U.S.A.
RANGE.—U.S.A. Known only from the type-locality.
ECOLOGICAL
- bibliographic citation
- Hobbs, Horton Holcombe, Jr., Hobbs, Horton Holcombe, III, and Daniel, M. A. 1977. "A Review of the Troglobitic Decapod Crustaceans of the Americas." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-183. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.244
Procambarus milleri: Brief Summary
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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.
An aquarium strain has been selectively bred to achieve a orange colour. This is known as the Mandarin crayfish, Tangerine crayfish or Mandarinenkrebs in German. It is the only stygobiotic crayfish known to breed in captivity.
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