Orconectes (Orconectes) pellucidus Tellkampf 1844

Keith A. Crandall, James W. Fetzner, Jr., and Horton H. Hobbs, Jr.

Containing group: Orconectes (Orconectes)

Types

Holotype, Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt-Universitat, Berlin, East Germany 1562 (male I).

Type Locality

Mammoth Cave, Edmonson County, Kentucky.

Range

Area extending "southwestward from Hart County to Trigg County, Kentucky, and Montgomery County, Tennessee" (Hobbs and Barr, 1972:69).

References

Hobbs, Horton H., Jr., and Thomas C. Barr, Jr. 1972. Origins and Affinities of the Troglobitic Crayfishes of the North America (Decapoda: Astacidae), II: Genus Orconectes. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 105:84 pages, figures 1-16.

Hobbs, H. H. Jr. 1989. An Illustrated Checklist of the American Crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidae, Cambaridae, and Parastacidae). Smithsonian Institution Press.

Tellkampf, Theodor. 1844. Ausflug nach der Mammuthhohle in Kentucky. Das Ausland, 168: 671-672; 169: 675-676; 170: 679-680; 171: 683-684; 172: 687-688; 173: 691-692; 174: 695-696; 175: 699-700.

About This Page

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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