Biology:Orconectes packardi

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Short description: Species of crayfish

Orconectes packardi

Imperiled (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Orconectes packardi
Rhoades, 1944
Synonyms

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. 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. 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named IUCN

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