Subterranean Crustacea Decapoda Macrura collected by Mr. L. Botosaneanu during the 1973 Cuban-Roumanian Biospeological Expedition to Cuba

Authors

L. B. Holthuis, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie

Abstract

During the 1973 Cuban Romanian Biospeleological Expedition to Cuba 5 species of cavernicolous Decapod Crustacea were collected: the Palaemonidae Troglocubanus gibarensis Chace, T. eigenmanni (Hay) and Macrobrachium faustinum lucifugum new subspecies. The second of these species now is reported for the first time from Isla de Pinos. The third form proved to be a new subspecies of Macrobrachium faustinum (De Saussure), a freshwater shrimp which is widely distributed in the West Indies. The new subspecies is not only known from Cuba, but also material from Jamaica, Curacao and Bonaire is reported. A new locality is reported for Barbouria cubensis (Von Martens). The Astacid Procambarus niveus Hobbs & Villalobos was collected near its type locality.

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.6.3.4

Recommended Citation

Holthuis, L. B.. 1974. Subterranean Crustacea Decapoda Macrura collected by Mr. L. Botosaneanu during the 1973 Cuban-Roumanian Biospeological Expedition to Cuba. International Journal of Speleology, 6: 231-242.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ijs/vol6/iss3/4