Blind Cave Crayfish

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07-13-2009 12:02 AM
akcaver

Blind Cave Crayfish

Hey everyone, does anyone know the (exact) scientific name of the blind albino cave crayfish in the Jackson Co. (FL) area, ie, Jackson Blue, HitW?

Closest names ive come up with are:

troglocambarus maclanei (blind cave crayfish)

and

Procambarus orcinus (Woodville cave crayfish)

Any help is appreciated? im sure either of those are close enough, as there are no samples, but i am using in my masters thesis.

Cheers,
Andrew K
07-13-2009 03:07 AM
Kelly Jessop

Quote:

Originally Posted by akcaver

Hey everyone, does anyone know the (exact) scientific name of the blind albino cave crayfish in the Jackson Co. (FL) area, ie, Jackson Blue, HitW?

Closest names ive come up with are:

troglocambarus maclanei (blind cave crayfish)

and

Procambarus orcinus (Woodville cave crayfish)

Any help is appreciated? im sure either of those are close enough, as there are no samples, but i am using in my masters thesis.

Cheers,
Andrew K

Procambarus palidus
07-13-2009 06:46 AM
Caver95

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelly Jessop

Procambarus palidus

And how do we know you didn't just make that up?

I say it could be Biggus Diccus.
07-13-2009 06:55 AM
Kelly Jessop

Quote:

Originally Posted by Caver95

And how do we know you didn't just make that up?

I say it could be Biggus Diccus.

There is a species that lives around Tallahassee called Sneakus Cavi. Lesser known species that belongs to Nick phyllum
07-13-2009 07:08 AM
sskasser

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelly Jessop

There is a species that lives around Tallahassee called Sneakus Cavi. Lesser known species that belongs to Nick phyllum

Oh snap! :rollguy
07-13-2009 07:28 AM
OFG-1

I thought the blind cave crawfish were tastius witbutterus.
07-13-2009 07:59 AM
skip

article here

http://www.safecavediving.com/cavecritters.shtml

article on blind cave crayfish...

-skip
07-13-2009 08:34 AM
Caver95

Quote:

Originally Posted by OFG-1

I thought the blind cave crawfish were tastius witbutterus.

That would be the ones in the pond
07-13-2009 08:35 AM
LiteHedded

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelly Jessop

There is a species that lives around Tallahassee called Sneakus Cavi. Lesser known species that belongs to Nick phyllum

lmao
07-13-2009 10:01 AM
akcaver

Hey guys, thanks alot! (Especially Kelly and Skip)
07-13-2009 08:03 PM
batso

cave crawfish

I dont know much about the panhandle, but there are 2 basic types of crayfish in Fl. The link
given by skip shows 2 pictures, the top one is the commom type, largely similar to the very common procambarus pallidus in central FL. The bottom picture shows the troglocambarus type. They are recognized by the extremely delicate look and the needle- like pinchers. If yours looks like the top picture, my best guess would be it is procambarus orcinus. Used to be a two legged variety around there know as latenighticus lucifugus (lucifugus is a real niame, means light-fleeing;)