Biology:Orconectes inermis

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Short description: Species of crayfish

Northern cave crayfish

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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Orconectes
Species:
O. inermis
Binomial name
Orconectes inermis
(Cope, 1872)

Orconectes inermis, the Northern cave crayfish, is a troglomorphic freshwater crayfish native to Kentucky and Indiana in the United States.[1][2]

There are two sub-species described;

The two sub-species are known to form intergrades in the range where they overlap.[2]

References

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q4471466 entry