Procambarus (Ortmannicus) angustatus
Keith A. Crandall, James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.Type
Holotype, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 444 (male I); could not be located in 1981.Type Locality
"Georgia inferiore, in aquae purae rivulos qui inter colliculos arenosos (sand-hills) currunt" (LeConte, 1856:402).Range
Known from the type specimen only. Repeated searches for this species in Georgia have been unsuccessful.References
Baillie, Jonathan, and Brian Groombridge. 1996. IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
Hobbs, H. H. Jr. 1989. An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Institution Press.
LeConte, John. 1856. Descriptions of New Species of Astacus from Georgia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 7: 400-402.
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Page constructed by Emily Browne.
Keith A. Crandall
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
James W. Fetzner, Jr.
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.
Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, USA
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