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Florida. Holotype, allotype, morphotype (USNM 79339, 79340, 79343, 

 respectively), five paratypes (MCZ, USNM). 



Cambarus cryptodytes . — Hobbs, 1942^:354. 



Cambarus {Jugicambarus) cryptodytes. — Hobbs, 1969:107. 



OTHER COMMON NAMES: Marianna Lowlands Cave Crayfish, 

 Dougherty Plain Cave Crayfish. We propose the new common name, 

 Apalachicola Cave Crayfish, which we believe better reflects this 

 species and its distribution. 



DISTRIBUTION: APALACHICOLA FAUNA (Marianna and 

 Southwest Georgia). Groundwater areas of northcentral Jackson Coun- 

 ty, Florida, and Decatur County, Georgia. 



SPECIFIC LOCALITIES: Jackson County. Cave-in-Woods (RF), 

 Ellis Cave (USNM), Gerard Cave (USNM), Gerome's Cave (Hobbs et 

 al. 1977), Hole-in Wall (USNM), Jackson Blue Spring (USNM), Judges 

 Cave (Warren 1961), Miller's Cave (DSL), Milton's Well Cave (DSL), 

 Pool Cave (Hobbs et al. 1977), Pottery Cave (Warren 1961), Ray's 

 Cave (FNAI), Rockwell Cave (Hobbs et al. 1977), Soda Straw Cave 

 (Warren 1961), Twin Cave (USNM), Vetter's Cave (Hobbs et al. 1977), 

 Waddell's Mill Cave (USNM), Washed-out Cave (Warren 1961), well 

 3.3 km (2 mi) south of Graceville-type locality (USNM, Hobbs 1941). 

 Decatur County (Georgia): Climax Cave (USNM). 



REMARKS: The type locality was an 18.2-m (60 ft) deep well 

 on the farm of Robert W. Williams. During a 1983 visit with Mr. 

 Robert Williams, who obtained the original series for Hobbs, we learned 

 that the well had been filled many years before. The Washington 

 County specimen mentioned by Hobbs (1989), we believe, must have 

 come from Jackson County (probably Gerards Cave), based on road 

 mileage listed with the specimen. Unusual specimens of Cambarus 

 were recently collected at Blue Hole in Florida Caverns State Park by 

 park rangers and at Vortex Spring in Holmes County that may represent 

 one or more distinct taxon (HHH). Adult material is necessary before 

 this taxonomic problem can be resolved. 



ETYMOLOGY: Crypto from the Greek=hidden, dytes=to dwell, 

 referring to the crayfish dwelling in the cave environment. 



REFERENCES: Franz 1982 (conservation status); Franz and Lee 

 1982 (evolution, distribution, records); Harris 1968 (associate of Haideo- 

 triton); Hobbs 1941 (original description), 1942^, 19426 (description, 

 records), 1969 (taxonomy), 1981 (description, records in Georgia); 

 Hobbs et al. 1977 (description, records); Hobbs and Hobbs 1991 (key); 

 Hobbs and Walton 1968 (Uw as commensal); Pylka and Warren 1958 

 (records); Warren 1961 (records). 



