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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaDecapodaCambaridaeCambarus

White Spring Cave Crayfish
Cambarus veitchorum Cooper & Cooper, 1997

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Cambaridae
Genus Cambarus
Species Cambarus veitchorum Cooper & Cooper, 1997

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Troglomorphy
Troglomorphic
Maximum body length
35 mm

Distribution

Type locality

White Spring Cave, Limestone Co. AL

Range

Known from Alabama in the Interior Low Plateau karst region.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama

Counties

County-level records have not been compiled for this taxon. Distribution is recorded at state and karst-region level.

Karst regions

Interior Low Plateau

Specimens

Type material

Holotype
2544 · North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Allotype
2545 · North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Paratype ×2
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Collections holding material

InstitutionLots
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences 5

5 cataloged lots in 1 collection. Compiled from GBIF and not an exhaustive census: many collections are not yet digitised, and holdings are added continually. Search GBIF for specimen records.

Download all 5 specimen records (CSV) Institution, catalog number, type status and preparation. No coordinates.

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

CR Critically Endangered D2

EXEWCR▲ENVUNTLC

Assessed in 2010.

NatureServe

G1 Critically Imperiled

G1▲G2G3G4G5

Global rank last reviewed 17 May 2010.

Subnational ranks

Alabama
S1 Critically Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
7RV68
GBIF
2227356
ITIS
650396
iNaturalist
96623

How to cite this account

Cambarus veitchorum Cooper & Cooper, 1997. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1171. https://cavebiology.org/species/cambarus-veitchorum/ (accessed 3 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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