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Palaemonetes cummingi Chace
Palaemonetes (Palaemonetes) cummingi Chace, 1954:319–323, fig. 2; 1959:880.—Holthuis, 1956a:57–58.—Smalley, 1964a: 232.—Reddell and Mitchell, 1969:21.—Villalobos F. and Hobbs, 1974:14–16, fig. 8c.
Palaemonetes cummingi.—Warren, 1961:9.—Vandel, 1964:179; 1965:140.—Dobkin, 1971:285–297, figs. 1–5.—Villalobos F. and Hobbs, 1974:14.—Strenth, 1976:2, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, fig. 6.
?Freshwater shrimp.—Mohr and Poulson, 1966:144, 145.
Palamidies cummingsi.—Franz, 1970:74 [erroneous spelling].
DIAGNOSIS.—Eyes without pigment. Lateral ramus of antennule with mesial free portion distinctly shorter than basal fused portion. Rostrum long and with teeth on ventral margin. Chela of second pereiopod distinctly longer than that of first. Appendix masculina with only 3 spines proximal to distal 5.
SIZE.—Postorbital carapace length 6.9 mm (Chace, 1954:322).
TYPES.—Holotype () USNM 95795.
TYPE-LOCALITY.—Squirrel Chimney, about 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Gainesville, Alachua County (Sec. 21, T. 9S, R. 18E), Florida, U.S.A.
RANGE.—U.S.A. Known only from the type-locality.
ECOLOGICAL
- bibliographic citation
- Hobbs, Horton Holcombe, Jr., Hobbs, Horton Holcombe, III, and Daniel, M. A. 1977. "A Review of the Troglobitic Decapod Crustaceans of the Americas." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-183. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.244
Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Palaemonetes cummingi Chace, 1954
Palaemonetes (Palaemonetes) cummingi Chace, 1954:319.—Smalley, 1964:232.—Villalobos and Hobbs, 1974:15.
This species is known only from “Squirrel Chimney,” a circular solution cavity in Alachua County, Florida (Chace, 1954).
- bibliographic citation
- Strenth, Ned E. 1976. "A review of the systematics and zoogeography of the freshwater species of Palaemonetes Heller of North America (Crustacea, Decapoda)." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-27. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.
