Procambarus pictus (Hobbs 1940)

Procambarus (Ortmannicus) pictus (Hobbs)

Cambarus pictus Hobbs, 1940a:419, fig. 22.

Procambarus pictus.—Hobbs, 1942a:344.

Procambarus (Ortmannicus) pictus.—Hobbs, 1972a:9.

TYPES.—Holotype, allotype, and “morphotype,” USNM 76596 ( I, , II); paratypes, MCZ, USNM.

TYPES-LOCALITY.—A small, swift swamp stream, about 2 miles southwest of Green Cove Springs, Clay County, Florida.

RANGE.—Known from several small tributaries of Black Creek in Clay County, Florida.

HABITAT.—Streams.

Procambarus (Ortmannicus) pictus (Hobbs)

Cambarus pictus Hobbs, 1940a:419, fig. 22.

Procambarus pictus.—Hobbs, 1942a:344.

Procambarus (Ortmannicus) pictus.—Hobbs, 1972a:9; 1974b:59, fig. 217.—Franz and Franz, 1979:13, fig. 1.

TYPES.—Holotype, allotype, and “morphotype,” USNM 76596 (male I, female, male II); paratypes, MCZ, USNM.

TYPE LOCALITY.—Small, swift swamp stream, about 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Green Cove Springs, Clay County, Florida. This is probably Peters Creek at State Route 315, Sec. 30, T.6S, R. 26E. (See Franz and Franz, 1979:14.)

RANGE.—Known from several small tributaries of Black Creek in Clay County, and tributary to the St. Johns River in Duval County, Florida.

HABITAT.—Streams.

Procambarus pictus, sometimes called the Black Creek crayfish or spotted royal crayfish, is a species of crayfish in family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Florida, where it is found in the Black Creek river system, the St. Johns River, and the upper Etoniah Creek.