Shelta Cave is a 2,500-foot-long (760 m) cave and lake located in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, United States. It is described as one of the most bio-diverse caves within the Appalachian Mountains. The cave is currently owned and managed as a nature preserve by the National Speleological Society, with their main offices directly above the cave. It was declared a National Natural Landmark in October 1972.
Orconectes is a genus of cave dwelling freshwater crayfish, endemic to suitable habitats in the eastern United States. Surface dwelling species, formerly categorised here, were moved to Faxonius in 2017.
Faxonius hartfieldi, the Yazoo crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Mississippi in the United States.
Orconectes incomptus is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Tennessee. It is also known as the Tennessee cave crayfish.
Faxonius saxatilis is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to tributaries of the Kiamichi River, Le Flore County, Oklahoma. Its common name is Kiamichi crayfish.
Faxonius sloanii, the Sloan or Sloan's crayfish is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae, native to Indiana and Ohio. It is associated with freshwater habitats. Although it is being slowly out-competed by the rusty crayfish in Ohio, it is listed as a species of Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Faxonius limosus, synonym Orconectes limosus, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is native to the east coast of North America, from Quebec to the lower James River, Virginia, but has also been introduced to Europe. It is known commonly as the spinycheek crayfish or Kamberkrebs in German.
Faxonius propinquus, the Northern clearwater crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae found in Ontario, Quebec and the Northeastern and Midwestern United States.
Orconectes australis, the southern cave crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae found in Alabama and Tennessee. Ages of 176 years have been claimed for O. australis, though this was reduced to ≤22 years in a 2012 study.
Faxonius obscurus is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is native to the northeastern United States, where it occurs in Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. It is an introduced species in adjacent regions, including Massachusetts, Vermont, and Ontario in Canada. It is known commonly as the Allegheny crayfish and the obscure crayfish.
Faxonius virilis is a species of crayfish known as the virile crayfish, northern crayfish,eastern crayfish, and lesser known as the lake crayfish or common crawfish. Faxonius virilis was reclassified in August 2017, and the genus was changed from Orconectes to Faxonius. It is native to eastern United States and southeast Canada.
Orconectes packardi, the Appalachian cave crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Kentucky, where it is found in 16 caves in four southeastern counties in the Cumberland River basin.
Cambarus laconensis, the Lacon Exit cave crayfish, is a small, freshwater crayfish endemic to northern Alabama in the United States. It is an underground species known only from a single cave along the southern border of the Highland Rim in the southern Appalachians.
Procambarus lucifugus, the Florida cave crayfish, vampire crayfish, or light-fleeing cave crayfish, is a troglomorphic freshwater crayfish endemic to 20-25 occurrences in an arc of caves 80 km long in 6 Florida counties.
Orconectes pellucidus, the Mammoth Cave crayfish, is a freshwater crayfish native to karst landscapes in Kentucky and Tennessee in the United States.
Orconectes sheltae, the Shelta Cave crayfish, is a small, freshwater crayfish endemic to Alabama in the United States. It is a cave-dwelling species known from only one cave, Shelta Cave in Madison County, Alabama. This cave is also home to O. australis and Cambarus jonesi.
Orconectes barri, the Cumberland Plateau cave crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is native to Kentucky and Tennessee in the United States, where it is found in nine caves on the Cumberland Plateau.
Faxonius stygocaneyi, the Caney Mountain cave crayfish, is a small, freshwater crayfish endemic to Missouri in the United States. It is a cave-dwelling species known from only one cave, Mud Cave in Ozark County, Missouri. This cave is Protected as part of the Caney Mountain Conservation Area, which covers 7,899 acres (3,197 ha) of public land administered by the Missouri Department of Conservation.
Orconectes inermis testii, known as the unarmed crayfish, is one of two subspecies of the Northern cave crayfish, along with Orconectes inermis inermis.
