Cope Ghost Crayfish

Orconectes inermis inermis

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Cambaridae

Orconectes inermis, the Northern cave crayfish, is a troglomorphic freshwater crayfish native to Kentucky and Indiana in the United States. There are two sub-species described; Orconectes inermis inermis, known as ghost grayfish Orconectes inermis testii (Hay, 1891), known as unarmed crayfish The two sub-species are known to form intergrades in the range where they overlap.

Distribution

Cope Ghost Crayfish — (c) Nick Tobler (Cowturtle), some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nick Tobler (Cowturtle) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Nick Tobler (Cowturtle), some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Nick Tobler (Cowturtle) · CC-BY DescriptionOrconectes inermis, Wikipedia contributors

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