Orconectes stygocaneyi
Species of crayfish
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Orconectes stygocaneyi,[3][4][5][1] the Caney Mountain cave crayfish (also called Faxonius stygocaneyi in some schemes)[2] is a small, freshwater crayfish endemic to Missouri in the United States. It is a cave-dwelling species known from only one cave, Mud Cave in Ozark County, Missouri.[6] This cave is Protected as part of the Caney Mountain Conservation Area,[2] which covers 7,899 acres (3,197 ha) of public land administered by the Missouri Department of Conservation.
| Orconectes stygocaneyi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Orconectes |
| Species: | O. stygocaneyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Orconectes stygocaneyi Hobbs, 2001 | |
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Taxonomy
The species was described as Orconectes stygocaneyi Hobbs, 2001.[7] It later appeared in an important catalog as Faxonius stygocaneyi (Hobbs, 2001)[8], but genetic data later supported affinity genus Orconectes, and even with data from the 16S rRNA fragment as a close ally of its type species Orconectes inermis Cope, 1872.[9]
