''Procambarus milleri'', the Miami cave crayfish is a species of

crayfish Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the clade Astacidea, which also contains lobsters. In some locations, they are also known as crawfish, craydids, crawdaddies, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, rock lobsters, mu ...

in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Florida, where it is known from 14–15 sites in Dade County, Florida, and is listed as an

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on the IUCN Red List. An aquarium strain has been

selectively bred Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits (characteristics) by choosing which typically animal or plant mal ...

to achieve a orange colour. This is known as the

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crayfish, Tangerine crayfish or in German. It is the only stygobiotic crayfish known to breed in captivity.

Gallery

File:Procambarus milleri eating.jpg, Aquarium strain, eating File:Procambarus milleri on a aquatic plant Adam G. Stern.jpg, On an aquarium plant

References

Cambaridae Endemic fauna of Florida Freshwater crustaceans of North America Cave crayfish Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Crustaceans described in 1971 Taxa named by Horton H. Hobbs Jr. {{Crayfish-stub