Biology:Orconectes packardi
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Short description: Species of crayfish
| Orconectes packardi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Orconectes |
| Species: | O. packardi
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| Binomial name | |
| Orconectes packardi Rhoades, 1944
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| Synonyms | |
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Orconectes australis ssp. packardi | |
Orconectes packardi, the Appalachian cave crayfish,[1] is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Kentucky,[2][1] where it is found in 16 caves in four southeastern counties in the Cumberland River basin.[1]
Formerly a subspecies of O. australis, it was raised to species status by Buhay and Crandall in 2008.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Orconectes packardi". NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.117188/Orconectes_packardi. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
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Wikidata ☰ Q12746414 entry
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