Orconectes pellucidus

Orconectes pellucidus
Orconectes pellucidus (cave crayfish) (Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA).jpg
O. pellucidus (Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA)

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Orconectes
Species:
O. pellucidus
Binomial name
Orconectes pellucidus
(Tellkampf, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Astacus pellucidus

Orconectes pellucidus, the Mammoth Cave crayfish, is a freshwater crayfish native to karst landscapes in Kentucky and Tennessee in the United States.

The common name refers to the Mammoth Cave National Park, however it also occurs outside of the park. An alternative common name, the eyeless crayfish refers to its troglomorphic adaptions to its subterranean habitat.

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