Procambarus delicatus

{{Short description|Species of crayfish}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Procambarus delicatus | status = PE | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Crandall, K.A. |author-link = Keith A. Crandall |author2=Cordeiro, J. |year=2010 |title=''Procambarus delicatus'' |article-number=e.T18196A7774195 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T18196A7774195.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> | status2 = G1 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name=NatureServe>{{cite web |title=''Procambarus delicatus'' |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.119543/Procambarus_delicatus |website=NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life |version=7.1|publisher=NatureServe|access-date=2 February 2023}}</ref> | authority = [[Horton H. Hobbs Jr.|Hobbs]] & Franz, 1986 <ref>{{ITIS |id=97600 |taxon=''Procambarus delicatus''}}</ref> }}

'''''Procambarus delicatus''''', sometimes called the '''big-cheeked cave crayfish''',<ref name=NatureServe/> is a [[species]] of [[crayfish]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Cambaridae]]. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to a single spring in the [[Ocala National Forest]], [[Lake County, Florida]].<ref name=IUCN/>

It is considered [[Critically Endangered]] (Possibly Extinct) by the [[IUCN Redlist]], having not been seen since 1976.<ref name=IUCN/><ref>{{cite web |title=''Procambarus delicatus'' |url=https://recentlyextinctspecies.com/crustaceans-crabs-krill-lobsters-prawns-shrimp-etc/procambarus-delicatus |website=The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database |access-date=2 February 2023}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Cambaridae]] [[Category:Freshwater crustaceans of North America]] [[Category:Endemic crustaceans of the United States]] [[Category:Endemic fauna of Florida]] [[Category:Cave crayfish]] [[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]] [[Category:Crustaceans described in 1986]] [[Category:Taxa named by Horton H. Hobbs Jr.]]