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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaDecapodaProcarididaeProcaris

Procaris hawaiana Holthuis, 1973

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Procarididae
Genus Procaris
Species Procaris hawaiana Holthuis, 1973

Synonyms

Procaris hawaiiana Holthuis, 1973

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic

Distribution

Range

Known from Hawaii in the Hawaii karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Hawaii

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Karst regions

Hawaii

Genetics

Molecular resources

MarkerMoleculeSequences LengthExemplar
12S mitochondrial 1 310-310 bp KX086377.1
16S mitochondrial 1 390-390 bp KX086446.1
H3 nuclear 1 294-294 bp KX086507.1
NaK nuclear 1 468-468 bp KX086557.1

4 sequences, retrieved 23 August 2026. Counts change as sequences are deposited. Search GenBank.

Download all 4 sequence records (CSV) Accession, marker, molecule type, length, GenBank definition and a direct link.

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
RMNH.CRUS.D.28945 · Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Paratype
USNM 141309 · National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Paratype ×4
Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
Naturalis Biodiversity Center 7
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 4
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 3

14 cataloged lots in 3 collections. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.

Download all 14 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G1 Critically Imperiled

G1▲G2G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 21 November 2005.

Subnational ranks

Hawaii
S1 Critically Imperiled

State and federal status

Endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act listed 2016

Federal: Endangered

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
9D5ZV
GBIF
6454483
ITIS
1187612
iNaturalist
228736
NCBI Taxonomy
1986554

How to cite this account

Procaris hawaiana Holthuis, 1973. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1196. https://cavebiology.org/species/procaris-hawaiana/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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