Palaemonetes cummingi Chace, 1954
Squirrel Chimney cave shrimp, Florida cave shrimp
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1973
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Squirrel Chimney (cave), Alachua County (western), Florida, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Chace, Fenner A., Jr. (1954). Two New Subterranean Shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea) from Florida and the West Indies, With a Revised Key to the American Species. Journal of the
Washington Academy of Sciences 44(10): 318-324.
Other references:
Dobkin, S. (1971). The larval development of Palaemonetes cummingi Chace, 1954 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae), reared in the laboratory. Crustaceana 20: 285-297.
Doonan, T. J. (1997). Survey of Squirrel Chimney and other selected caves to determine the status of Squirrel Chimney cave shrimp (Palaemonetes cummingi). Final Report No. 7754. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Bureau of Nongame Wildlife, Lake City, Florida. 42 pp.
Doonan, T. J. (2001). Survey of Squirrel Chimney and other selected caves to determine the status of Squirrel Chimney cave shrimp (Palaemonetes cummingi). Final Performance Report, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida.
Franz, R. 1994. Squirrel Chimney cave shrimp survey. Unpublished report to Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. 4 pp.
Franz, R., J. Bauer, and T. Morris. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their fauna in Florida and South Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1-109.
De Grave, S. and Rogers, C. (2013). Palaemonetes cummingi. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 14 July 2013.
De Grave, S. & Rogers, C. 2013. Palaemonetes cummingi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T15886A788917. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T15886A788917.en. Accessed on 08 July 2022.
De Grave S, Smith KG, Adeler NA, Allen DJ, Alvarez F, Anker A, et al. (2015). Dead Shrimp Blues: A Global Assessment of Extinction Risk in Freshwater Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea). PLoS ONE 10(3): e0120198.
Morris, T., and P. Butt. 1992. A survey of the population of the Florida cave shrimp (Palaemonetes cummingi), other species, and the condition of the environment within the Squirrel Chimney cave system, Alachua County, Florida. Report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Karst Environmental Services, Inc. (December 15, 1992). 10pp.
Strenth, N. 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 228: 1-27.
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/17242/palaemonetes-cummingi
https://www.fnai.org/FieldGuide/pdf/Palaemonetes_cummingi.pdf
https://www.fws.gov/northflorida/Species-Accounts/Squirrel-Chimney-Cave-Shrimp-2005.htm