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Procambarus {Ortmannicus) erythrops Relyea and Sutton 

 SANTA FE CAVE CRAYFISH 



Procambarus {Ortmannicus) erythrops Relyea and Sutton, 1975. 

 Tulane Studies in Zoology and Botany 19(l-2):8. TYPE LOCALITY: 

 Sim's Sink, \.l km (1 mi) west of junction of U.S. Highways 27 and 

 129, 0.17 km (0.1 mi) south of U.S. Highway 27, Suwannee County, 

 Florida. Holotype, allotype, morphotype (USNM 133471, 133472, 133473, 

 respectively), 14 paratypes (USNM, RNHL, BMNH). 



OTHER COMMON NAMES: Red-eyed Cave Crayfish, Sim Sink 

 Cave Crayfish. 



DISTRIBUTION: OCALA FAUNA (Upper Suwannee). Restricted 

 to groundwater habitats in southern Suwannee County, Florida. 



SPECIFIC LOCALITIES: Suwannee County. Azure Blue Sink 

 (USNM), Bufo Sink (Relyea and Sutton 1975), Hildreth Cave (USNM), 

 Quarry Sink (B. Sutton), Sim's Sink-type locality (USNM, Relyea 

 and Sutton 1975). 



ETYMOLOGY: The species name erythrops from "Erythros" (Gr.) 

 for the color red, and "Ops" (Gr.) for eye; alluding to the red pigment 

 spot in the eye of this crayfish (Relyea and Sutton 1975). 



REMARKS: Bufo Sink, 0.33 km (0.2 mi) south of (Sims Sink), 

 was listed as an unnamed sink in the original description (B. Sutton, 

 personal communication, Gainesville, Florida). 



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

 1982 (distribution, evolution, records); Hobbs et al. 1977 (description, 

 records); Hobbs and Hobbs 1991 (key); Mellon 1977 (eye structure); 

 Mellon and Lnenicka 1980 (eye structure); Relyea and Sutton 1975 

 (original description). 



Procambarus {Ortmannicus) franzi Hobbs and Lee 

 ORANGE LAKE CAVE CRAYFISH 

 Procambarus {Ortmannicus) franzi Hobbs and Lee, 1976. 

 Proceedings of Biological Society of Washington 89(32):384. TYPE 

 LOCALITY: Orange Lake Cave, 0.64 km (0.4 mi) south of junction 

 of U.S. Highway 441 and State Route 318, Marion County, Florida. 

 Holotype, allotype, morphotype, (USNM 146992, 146993, 146994, 

 respectively), seven paratypes (USNM). 



DISTRIBUTION: OCALA FAUNA (Orange Lake). Restricted to 

 groundwater habitats in the vicinity of Orange Lake in northern Marion 

 County, Florida. 



SPECIFIC LOCALITIES: Marion County: Hell Hole (USNM), 

 Orange Lake Cave-type locality (USNM, Hobbs and Lee 1976), Orange 



