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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaDecapodaCambaridaeProcambarus

Slough Crayfish
Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Cambaridae
Genus Procambarus
Species Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygoxene
Realm
Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Florida.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Florida

Counties

Florida
Alachua

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2010.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Georgia
S4 Apparently Secure
Florida
S5 Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
  • Hobbs, H.H. Jr., Hobbs, H.H. III & Daniel, M.A. 1977. A review of the troglobitic decapod crustaceans of the Americas. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 244: 1–183.

How to cite this account

Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1949. https://cavebiology.org/species/procambarus-fallax/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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