Orconectes pellucidus | |
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O. pellucidus (Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Cambaridae |
Genus: | Orconectes |
Species: | O. pellucidus
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Binomial name | |
Orconectes pellucidus (Tellkampf, 1844)
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Synonyms | |
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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]
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]
Media related to Orconectes pellucidus at Wikimedia Commons
Orconectes pellucidus | |
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O. pellucidus (Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Cambaridae |
Genus: | Orconectes |
Species: | O. pellucidus
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Binomial name | |
Orconectes pellucidus (Tellkampf, 1844)
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Synonyms | |
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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]
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]
Media related to Orconectes pellucidus at Wikimedia Commons