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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMalacostracaDecapodaCambaridae

Genus Orconectes
Cope, 1872

Species in this portal
6
Ecological class
All stygobiont
Realm
Aquatic
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee
Karst regions
Interior Low Plateau
Conservation
3 of 6 ranked G1 or G2

Species in this portal

Species Common name Class Status States Karst regions
Orconectes australis (Rhoades, 1941) Southern Cave Crayfish Stygobiont G5 LC AL, TN Interior Low Plateau
Orconectes barri Buhay & Crandall, 2008 Cumberland Plateau Cave Crayfish Stygobiont G2 DD KY, TN Interior Low Plateau
Orconectes incomptus Hobbs & Barr, 1972 Tennessee Cave Crayfish Stygobiont G2 VU TN Interior Low Plateau
Orconectes inermis Cope, 1872 Ghost Crayfish Stygobiont G5 LC IN, KY Interior Low Plateau
Orconectes packardi Rhoades, 1944 Appalachian Cave Crayfish Stygobiont G2 EN KY Interior Low Plateau
Orconectes pellucidus (Tellkampf, 1844) Mammoth Cave Crayfish Stygobiont G4 LC KY, TN Interior Low Plateau

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
7PNKT
GBIF
2226999
ITIS
97421
iNaturalist
776138
NCBI Taxonomy
28378

Cave Biology Data Portal

Species accounts, distributions, and conservation status for the subterranean fauna of North America and around the globe, with resources for the cave and karst research community.

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