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Cave Biology Data Portal
Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostraca

Order Decapoda
Latreille, 1802 · Decapods

Species in this portal
72
Ecological class
44 stygobionts, 21 stygoxenes, 4 stygophiles and 3 accidentals
Realm
Aquatic
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
14 states and provinces
Counties
155
Karst regions
Appalachians, Edwards Plateau and Balcones, Florida Lime Sinks, Hawaii, Interior Low Plateau, Ozarks
Habitats
Cave stream, Cave pool, Cave lake
Cave zone
Deep cave
Conservation
36 of 68 ranked G1 or G2; 8 federally listed

Families

  • Atyidae 4 in portal
  • Cambaridae 58 in portal
  • Palaemonidae 6 in portal
  • Penaeidae 1 in portal
  • Portunidae 1 in portal
  • Procarididae 2 in portal

Species in this portal

  • Calathaemon holthuisi Purgatory Cave Shrimp G1G2 TX
  • Callinectes sapidus American Blue Crab GNR FL
  • Cambarus aculabrum Benton County Cave Crayfish G1 AR, MO
  • Cambarus bartonii Appalachian Brook Crayfish G5 GA, IN, KY, TN, VA, WV
  • Cambarus cryptodytes Dougherty Plain Cave Crayfish G2G3 FL, GA
  • Cambarus hamulatus Prickly Cave Crayfish G3G4 AL, KY, TN
  • Cambarus hubbsi Hubbs' Crayfish G3
  • Cambarus hubrichti Salem Cave Crayfish G4 MO
  • Cambarus jonesi Alabama Cave Crayfish G2 AL
  • Cambarus laconensis Lacon Exit Cave Crayfish G1 AL
  • Cambarus latimanus Variable Crayfish G5 GA, TN
  • Cambarus nerterius Greenbrier Cave Crayfish G1 WV
  • Cambarus parvoculus Mountain Midget Crayfish G5 KY
  • Cambarus pecki Phantom Cave Crayfish G1G2 AL
  • Cambarus setosus Bristly Cave Crayfish G3 AR, MO, OK
  • Cambarus sheltae Shelta Cave Crayfish G1 AL
  • Cambarus speleocoopi Sweet Home Alabama Cave Crayfish G1 AL
  • Cambarus striatus Ambiguous Crayfish G5 AL, GA, TN
  • Cambarus subterraneus Delaware County Cave Crayfish G1 KY, OK
  • Cambarus tartarus Oklahoma Cave Crayfish G1 OK
  • Cambarus tenebrosus Cavespring Crayfish G5 AL, GA, IL, IN, KY, TN
  • Cambarus veitchorum White Spring Cave Crayfish G1 AL
  • Cambarus zophonastes Hell Creek Cave Crayfish G1 AR
  • Creaserinus fodiens Digger Crayfish G5 IL
  • Faxonius neglectus Ringed Crayfish G5 MO, OK
  • Faxonius rusticus Rusty Crayfish G5 MO
  • Faxonius stygocaneyi Caney Mountain Cave Crayfish G1 MO
  • Faxonius validus Powerful Crayfish G5 AL
  • Faxonius virilis Virile Crayfish G5 MO
  • Halocaridina palahemo G1 HI
  • Halocaridina rubra G3 HI
  • Lacunicambarus diogenes Devil Crawfish G5 IL, KY
  • Macrobrachium carcinus Bigclaw River Shrimp G5 FL
  • Orconectes australis Southern Cave Crayfish G5 AL, KY, TN
  • Orconectes barri Cumberland Plateau Cave Crayfish G2 KY, TN
  • Orconectes incomptus Tennessee Cave Crayfish G2 TN
  • Orconectes inermis Ghost Crayfish G5 IN, KY, TN
  • Orconectes packardi Appalachian Cave Crayfish G2 KY, TN
  • Orconectes pellucidus Mammoth Cave Crayfish G4 AL, IN, KY, TN
  • Palaemon kadiakensis Mississippi Grass Shrimp G5 FL
  • Palaemon paludosus Eastern Grass Shrimp G5 FL
  • Palaemonetes antrorum Balcones Cave Shrimp G2G3 TX
  • Palaemonetes cummingi Squirrel Chimney Cave Shrimp GH FL
  • Palaemonias alabamae Alabama Cave Shrimp G1 AL
  • Palaemonias ganteri Mammoth Cave Shrimp G1 KY
  • Penaeus setiferus Northern White Shrimp GNR FL
  • Procambarus acherontis Orlando Cave Crayfish G1 FL
  • Procambarus alleni Everglades Crayfish G4 FL
  • Procambarus attiguus Silver Glen Springs Cave Crayfish G1 FL
  • Procambarus blandingii Santee Crayfish G4
  • Procambarus clarkii Red Swamp Crayfish G5 TX
  • Procambarus cuevachicae
  • Procambarus delicatus Bigcheek Cave Crayfish G1 FL
  • Procambarus erythrops Santa Fe Cave Crayfish G1 FL
  • Procambarus fallax Slough Crayfish G5 FL
  • Procambarus franzi Orange Lake Cave Crayfish G1 FL
  • Procambarus horsti Big Blue Spring Cave Crayfish G1 FL
  • Procambarus leitheuseri Coastal Lowland Cave Crayfish G1G2 FL
  • Procambarus lucifugus Light-fleeing Cave Crayfish G1G2 FL
  • Procambarus milleri Miami Cave Crayfish G1 FL
  • Procambarus morrisi Putnum County Cave Crayfish G1 FL
  • Procambarus orcinus Woodville Karst Cave Crayfish G1 FL
  • Procambarus paeninsulanus Peninsula Crayfish G5 FL
  • Procambarus pallidus Pallid Cave Crayfish G1G2 FL, GA
  • Procambarus pilosimanus
  • Procambarus spiculifer White Tubercled Crayfish G5 FL
  • Procambarus toltecae Toltecae Crayfish
  • Procambarus versutus Sly Crayfish G5 FL
  • Procambarus villalobosi
  • Procaris hawaiana G1 HI
  • Troglocambarus maclanei North Florida Spider Cave Crayfish G1G2 FL
  • Vetericaris chaceorum G1 HI

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Other resources

Catalogue of Life
33N
GBIF
637
ITIS
95599
iNaturalist
47186
NCBI Taxonomy
6683

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