{{Short description|Genus of crayfishes}} {{Speciesbox | name = ''Troglocambarus'' | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Crandall, K.A. |author-link = Keith A. Crandall |year=2010 |title=''Troglocambarus maclanei'' |article-number=e.T153773A4543100 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153773A4543100.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | status2 = G1 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref=<ref name=serve/> | genus = Troglocambarus | parent_authority = [[Horton H. Hobbs Jr.|Hobbs]], 1942 <ref name="AMN">{{cite journal |author=Horton H. Hobbs Jr. |author-link=Horton H. Hobbs Jr. |year=1942 |title=A generic revision of the crayfishes of the subfamily Cambarinae (Decapoda, Astacidae) with the description of a new genus and species |journal=[[American Midland Naturalist]] |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=334–357 |doi=10.2307/2420820 |jstor=2420820 |publisher=The University of Notre Dame}}</ref> | species = maclanei | authority = [[Horton H. Hobbs Jr.|Hobbs]], 1942 }}
'''''Troglocambarus''''' is a [[monotypy|monotypic]] genus of [[troglobite|troglobitic]] [[crayfish]], [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Florida]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://iz.carnegiemnh.org/crayfish/NewAstacidea/species.asp?g=Troglocambarus&s=maclanei |title=''Troglocambarus maclanei'' Hobbs, 1942 |work=Crayfish Taxon Browser |author=James W. Fetzner Jr. |date=December 6, 2006 |publisher=[[Carnegie Museum of Natural History]]}}</ref> '''''Troglocambarus maclanei''''' is found underground in [[Hernando County, Florida|Hernando]], [[Marion County, Florida|Marion]], [[Alachua County, Florida|Alachua]], [[Columbia County, Florida|Columbia]], [[Gilchrist County, Florida|Gilchrist]] and [[Suwannee County, Florida|Suwanee]] counties,<ref name="serve"/> and is named after Mr. William A. McLane who first collected it.<ref name="AMN"/> It is commonly called the '''North Florida Spider Cave crayfish'''.<ref name=serve/><ref name=iucn/>
''Troglocambarus'' is believed to be the [[sister group]] to ''[[Procambarus]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tolweb.org/Cambarinae/6702 |title=Cambarinae |work=[[Tree of Life Web Project]] |author=Keith A. Crandall |author-link=Keith A. Crandall |author2=James W. Fetzner Jr. |author3=Horton H. Hobbs Jr. |author3-link=Horton H. Hobbs Jr.|name-list-style=amp |date=January 1, 2001}}</ref> It is only found in subterranean waters and was first recorded in Squirrel Chimney, 11 miles north-west of [[Gainesville, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tolweb.org/Troglocambarus/6721 |title=''Troglocambarus'' |work=[[Tree of Life Web Project]] |author=Keith A. Crandall |author-link=Keith A. Crandall|author2=James W. Fetzner Jr. |author3=Horton H. Hobbs Jr. |author3-link=Horton H. Hobbs Jr.|name-list-style=amp |date=January 1, 2001}}</ref> ''T. maclanei'' has no body [[pigment]]. It is distinguished from other genera by the great enlargement of the third [[maxilliped]]s.<ref name="AMN"/> It is unknown what ''T. maclanei'' feeds on.<ref name="serve">{{Cite web |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.120713/Troglocambarus_maclanei |title=''Troglocambarus maclanei'' |website=NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life |version=7.1|publisher=NatureServe|access-date=25 August 2022}}</ref>
''Troglocambarus maclanei'' is listed as "Critically Imperiled" by [[NatureServe]],<ref name="serve"/> and as ''[[Near Threatened]]'' on the [[IUCN Red List]].<ref name=iucn/>
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[[Category:Cambaridae]] [[Category:Endemic fauna of Florida]] [[Category:Endemic crustaceans of the United States]] [[Category:Freshwater crustaceans of North America]] [[Category:Cave crayfish]] [[Category:Monotypic decapod genera]] [[Category:Crustaceans described in 1942]] [[Category:Taxa named by Horton H. Hobbs Jr.]]