# Procambarus lucifugus

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Species of crayfish

Florida cave crayfish Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Family: Cambaridae Genus: Procambarus Species: P. lucifugus Binomial name Procambarus lucifugus (Hobbs, 1940)

***Procambarus lucifugus***, the **Florida cave crayfish**,[1] **vampire crayfish**,[1] or **light-fleeing cave crayfish**,[1][2] is a [troglomorphic](/source/Troglomorphic) [freshwater crayfish](/source/Freshwater_crayfish) [endemic](/source/Endemism) to 20–25 occurrences (likely more) in an arc of caves 80 km long in 6 Florida counties.[1]

There are two sub-species described;

- *[Procambarus lucifugus lucifugus](/source/Procambarus_lucifugus_lucifugus)*

- *[Procambarus lucifugus alachua](/source/Procambarus_lucifugus_alachua)*

The two sub-species are known to form intergrades in the range where they overlap.[1][2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-5) [Crandall, K.A.](/source/Keith_A._Crandall); Cordeiro, J. & Thoma, R.F. (2010). ["*Procambarus lucifugus*"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/62028/12578490). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **2010** e.T62028A12578490. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T62028A12578490.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T62028A12578490.en). Retrieved 12 February 2023.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NatureServe_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NatureServe_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-NatureServe_2-2) ["*Procambarus lucifugus*"](https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.112927/Procambarus_lucifugus). *NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life*. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

Taxon identifiers Procambarus lucifugus Wikidata: Q6488213 BOLD: 797662 CoL: 7WLVG ECOS: 9829 EoL: 1021801 GBIF: 2227131 iNaturalist: 110483 IRMNG: 11357838 ITIS: 97537 IUCN: 62028 NatureServe: 2.112927 NCBI: 1937886 Open Tree of Life: 2974497 SeaLifeBase: 26079 WoRMS: 885735

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