| Northern cave crayfish | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
 Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.
There are two sub-species described;
- Orconectes inermis inermis, known as ghost grayfish
- Orconectes inermis testii (Hay, 1891), known as unarmed crayfish
The two sub-species are known to form intergrades in the range where they overlap.
References
- ^ Adams, S.; Schuster, G.A. & Taylor, C.A. (2010). "Orconectes inermis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T62026A12578263. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T62026A12578263.en. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ "Orconectes inermis". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
Further reading
- Julian J. Lewis (October 2022). "Conservation Assessment for Northern Cave Crayfish (Orconectes inermis)" (PDF). USDA Forest Service.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Orconectes inermis | |
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