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Procambarus leitheuseri

Procambarus leitheuseri, sometimes called the Coastal Lowland cave crayfish, is a species of troglobite crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Hernando and Pasco counties, Florida and is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.

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Procambarus leitheuseri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Procambarus
Species:
P. leitheuseri
Binomial name
Procambarus leitheuseri
Franz & Hobbs, 1983 2

Procambarus leitheuseri, sometimes called the Coastal Lowland cave crayfish, is a species of troglobite crayfish in the family Cambaridae.1 It is endemic to Hernando and Pasco counties, Florida and is listed as an endangered species on the IUCN Red List.1

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