Orconectes pellucidus
Species of crayfish
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Orconectes pellucidus, the Mammoth Cave crayfish,[1][2] is a freshwater crayfish native to karst landscapes in Kentucky and Tennessee in the United States.[1]
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| Orconectes pellucidus | |
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| O. pellucidus (Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Orconectes |
| Species: | O. pellucidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Orconectes pellucidus (Tellkampf, 1844) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The common name refers to the Mammoth Cave National Park, however it also occurs outside of the park.[1] An alternative common name, the eyeless crayfish refers to its troglomorphic adaptions to its subterranean habitat.[2]
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