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Orconectes
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Orconectes

Orconectes is a genus of cave dwelling freshwater crayfish, endemic to suitable habitats in the eastern United States. Surface dwelling species, formerly categorised here, were moved to Faxonius in 2017.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Southern Cave Crayfish

speciesOrconectes australis

Northern Cave Crayfish

speciesOrconectes inermis

Mammoth Cave Crayfish

speciesOrconectes pellucidus

Appalachian Cave Crayfish

speciesOrconectes packardi

Caney Mountain Cave Crayfish

speciesOrconectes stygocaneyi

Tennessee Cave Crayfish

speciesOrconectes incomptus

Cumberland Plateau Cave Crayfish

speciesOrconectes barri

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 776138.