Orconectes inermis
Species of crayfish
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Orconectes inermis, the Northern cave crayfish, is a troglomorphic freshwater crayfish native to Kentucky and Indiana in the United States.[1][2]
| Northern cave crayfish | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Orconectes |
| Species: | O. inermis |
| Binomial name | |
| Orconectes inermis (Cope, 1872) | |
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.[2]
