Richard Franz, Judy Bauer and Tom Morris 



the site of Hubbard's original collection in 1894, with the assistance of 

 H. B. Sherman and other colleagues. Hobbs (1940«) also reported a 

 second collection of this crayfish from an unidentified cave, 23.3 km 

 (14 miles) north of Weekiwachee Springs in Hernando County, obtained 

 by Albert Greenburg in 1937. 



The first specimens of Procambarus lucifugus alachua were taken 

 in Alachua County at Hog Sink in November 1937 (Hobbs 1940(2) and 

 at Goat Sink in January 1938. During the following November, Hobbs 

 visited Palm Springs in Seminole County and for the first time since 

 the original collection by Lonnberg he obtained additional material of 

 Procambarus acherontis in the spring pool (Hobbs 19426, 1986). Following 

 these successes, Hobbs and Dr. Sherman used aerial photographs to 

 locate sinkholes and other depressions, then visited the sites to determine 

 whether they led to subterranean water. This systematic survey in the 

 vicinity of Gainesville, Alachua County, led to the discovery of sites 

 such as Squirrel Chimney (Hobbs et al. 1977). Between 1937-1942, 

 students and friends, particularly William M. McLane, Lewis J. Marchand, 

 and Alphonse C. Chable, accompanied Hobbs during his explorations. 

 Other companions included J. Adams, W. Beck, L. Berner, A. Carr, 

 T. Carr, J. C. Dickinson, C. S. Goodnight, M. L. Goodnight, B. J. 

 Kaston, J. Kilby, J. M. Martin, C. Mohr, G. Pournelle, H. B. Sherman, 

 K. Spurr, H. K. Wallace, and F. N. Young. McLane discovered the 

 first specimens of the Northern Spider Cave Crayfish at Squirrel Chimney 

 in March 1941, which Hobbs named Troglocambarus maclanei in 

 McLane's honor (see Hobbs et al. 1977 for a discussion of this discovery). 



In 1939, Archie Carr obtained the original specimen of the cave 

 salamander, Haideotriton wallacei. This specimen was retrieved by 

 Mr. Hummel, sanitary engineer with Dougherty County (Georgia), 

 from a "200-foot well" in Albany, Georgia, after it was air-lifted to 

 the surface (Carr 1939). The animal was named in honor of H. K. 

 Wallace, the spider expert, Carr's colleague and friend at Florida, 

 and Hobbs' brother-in-law. The holotype was sent alive through the 

 mail in a Mason jar to H. K. Wallace who brought it to the attention 

 of Archie Carr (H. K. Wallace, personal communication, [retired] 

 University of Florida). Wallace had met Mr. Hummel when he and A. 

 P. Black were consulting with city engineers in Albany, Georgia, in 

 early May 1939 (H. K. Wallace, personal communication). 



World War II interrupted the flow of natural history research at 

 Florida, although several students returned after the war to finish 

 their studies. Hobbs continued to teach at Florida until 1946 when he 

 moved to the Biology Department at the University of Virginia. He 

 served as the Director of the Mountain Lake Research Station between 



