Procambarus orcinus

[NEON]

Ben, I think this is what you are looking for.

http://gumbopages.com/food/seafood/craw-boil.html

Some good recepies in there though!

[skip]

Nearly every cave system has a species of crayfish unique to that system. You can't fill in a sinkhole without killing off a bunch of them, but then with all the sinkholes around there's no way to know if you eliminated a species or a local population. Also, until the species finds its way on a government list, it officially does not exist. If you miss the townhall meeting, fail to mention the existence of a species to officials, etc., well, no one will ever know.

Development is filling in sinkholes every day - no telling how many in any one area, let alone a state. We've seen sinkholes filled in quite a bit around here - and we know they contain a species of cavefish that is unique to this area, on the "in need of management" list of the state and federal EPA. Yet still they fill em in....

I wrote a short article awhile back on cave crayfish - it was published in the NACD journal and it's posted on the NACD website. It includes a few references for further reading. Jennifer Buhay, a cave biologist (Indiana University; [email protected]), specializes in cave crayfish, send her an email.

I also have a couple of articles, but too long to attach to a pm. email me at [email protected] and I'll email what I have to you.

-skip

[bgillespie82]

Thanks Skip, I will send you an email later tonight