Decapoda

(Crayfish, Shrimp, Crabs)

 Photogallery: 

Synonyms:  Procambarus blandingi acutus (Girard)
                                           (Ellis 1919 in Penn & Hobbs 1958; Faxon 1885a, 1898 & 1914 both in Penn & Hobbs 1958; Hobbs
                                             1945; Parks, Smith & Garrett1939 in Penn & Hobbs 1958; Penn & Hobbs 1958; Reddell 1965; Wise
                                             1962)

As Subspecies:
                    Procambarus acutus acutus (Girard)
                                             (Hart & Hart 1974; Hobbs 1972, 1974, 1990)
                          syn:  Cambarus acutus
                          syn:  Cambarus blandingi acutus
                                                                        (Park, Smith & Garrett 1939 in Penn & Hobbs 1958)
                   

1885a Faxon in Penn &
           Hobbs 1958

1898 Faxon in Penn & Hobbs
         1958

1914 Faxon in Penn & Hobbs
         1958
1919 Ellis in Penn & Hobbs
         1958

1939 Park Smith Garrett in
         Penn & Hobbs 1958

1945 Hobbs

1958 Penn & Hobbs

1962 Wise
1965 Reddell

1971 Hobbs
[1972 Hobbs]
1973 Albaugh
1974 Hart & Hart
1974 Hobbs
1974 Reimer & Clark
1975 Albaugh
[1978 Pennak]

1984 Smith SL
[1989 Pennak]
1989 Short & Smith

1990 Hobbs
1996 Jasper

2008 Johnson & Johnson
[2008 NatureServe]

notes:

-one of the most frequently encountered crayfish species in southeast Texas (Reimer & Clark)

-a commercially important species (Reimer & Clark 1974)

-reported from East Texas (Park, Smith & Garrett 1939 in Penn & Hobbs 1958)

-especially in shallow, tubid, permanent, flowing waters exposed to sunlight on mud bottoms with no vegetation (Penn & Hobbs 1958)

-occasionally occupies burrows but doesn't build chimneys (Albaugh 1973)

-symbiotic water boatmen, Ramphocorixa acuminata (Uhler) deposits eggs on its exoskeleton with no apparent harm, may act as camoflage (Albaugh 1973)

-reported from cave in Kendal county (Reddell 1965)