Cave Crayfish

Orconectes packardi

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Cambaridae

Orconectes packardi, the Appalachian cave crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Kentucky, where it is found in 16 caves in four southeastern counties in the Cumberland River basin. Formerly a subspecies of O.

Distribution

Cave Crayfish — (c) Nick Tobler (Cowturtle), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 3

Sources and credits

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

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