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have been found between July and October but females bearing eggs, juveniles or sub-adults have not been found in the wild. However, a full breeding cycle has been observed in captivity in the lab. This was the first breeding record for a
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in Florida. It is likely also to be present in other Georgia counties which lie between the two presently-known ranges. A
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but following the discovery that its range is wider than originally thought, it was in 2010 recategorised as being of "
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to Florida and Georgia in the United States. It is an underground species known only from waters associated with the
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Dante B. Fenolio; Matthew L. Niemiller; Andrew G. Gluesenkamp; Anna M. McKee & Steven J. Taylor.
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survey of the area, carried out between September 2014 and August 2015, revealed additional sites in
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The Dougherty Plain cave crayfish grows to a length of about 53 millimetres (2.1 in) with
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The Dougherty Plain cave crayfish is known from springs, wells and cave systems in the
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Little is known of the biology of this crayfish. It is probably an opportunistic
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Danté B. Fenolio; Matthew L. Niemiller & Benjamin Martinez (January 2014).
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Cordeiro, J.; Crandall, K.A.; Jones, T.; Skelton, C. & Thoma, R.F. (2010).
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twice this length. It is a colourless species with unpigmented eyes, segmented
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Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Pleocyemata
Cambaridae
Cambarus
Binomial name
crayfish
endemic
Floridan aquifer
antennae
cephalothorax
abdomen
chelae
tubercles
appendages
karst
Southeastern United States
Dougherty County
Decatur County
Jackson County
Washington County

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