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Committee on Rare and Endangered Plants and Animals for listing by 

 the state (Franz 1982). 



Populations of the following troglobitic taxa have been found in 

 caves that occur on federal, state, and private conservation lands where 

 they receive some protection: Dasyscias franzi (Econfina Blue Spring 

 Preserve [Northwest Water Management District]), Caecidotea hobbsi 

 (Dudley Farm State Historical Site [Florida Park Service]), Caecidotea 

 sp. 1 (Econfina Blue Spring Preserve), Caecidotea sp. 2 (Rock Springs 

 County Park), Remasellus parvus (Peacock Springs State Preserve [Florida 

 Park Service]), Crangonyx grandimanus (Peacock Springs State Preserve, 

 Leon Sinks Recreation Area [U.S. Forest Service], Wakulla Springs 

 State Park [Florida Park Service]), C. hobbsi (Dudley Farm State 

 Historical Site, Peacock Springs State Preserve, Wakulla Springs State 

 Park), Procambarus acherontis (Wekiwa Springs State Park [Florida 

 Park Service]), P. attiguus (Silver Glen Springs Recreation Area [U. 

 S. Forest Service]), P. delicatus (Alexander Springs Recreation Area 

 [U.S. Forest Service]), P. erythrops (Sims Sink Preserve [The Nature 

 Conservancy]), P. lucifugus alachua (Dudley Farm State Historical 

 Site), P. lucifugus X alachua (Manatee Springs State Park [Florida 

 Park Service]), P. orcinus (Wakulla Springs State Park, Leon Sinks 

 Recreation Area), P. pallidus (Suwannee River State Park [Florida 

 Park Service], Peacock Springs State Preserve), Troglocambarus maclanei 

 (Manatee Springs State Park), Cambarus cryptodytes (Florida Caverns 

 State Park [Florida Park Service]), Pseudosinella pecki (Florida Caverns 

 State Park), Islandiana sp. (Florida Caverns State Park), and Haideotriton 

 wallacei (Florida Caverns State Park). There is no such protection for 

 six taxa {Procambarus franzi, P. horsti, P. leitheuseri, Marion population 

 of Procambarus lucifugus X alachua, P. morrisi, and Troglocambarus 

 sp.). Important populations of these invertebrates should be incorporated 

 into future land acquisition projects in order to reduce their chances 

 of extinction. 



CONCLUSIONS 



More survey work is needed in Florida and south Georgia to 

 understand the complex relationships between the regional faunas. 

 New troglobites undoubtedly await discovery when cavers and cave 

 divers explore karst windows outside normally visited areas. Large 

 areas of the state still remain uncharted. We recommend that divers 

 wishing to assist in future biological discoveries look in the Choc- 

 tawhatchee River basin, Econfina Creek karst area in Bay and Wash- 

 ington counties, scarp areas between Tallahassee and the Suwannee 



