Orconectes sheltae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Cambaridae |
Genus: | Orconectes |
Species: | O. sheltae |
Binomial name | |
Orconectes sheltae J. E. Cooper and M. R. Cooper, 1997 | |
Orconectes sheltae, the Shelta Cave crayfish, [1] 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. [1]
It was first discovered in 1963, before being formally described in 1997. The last cave survey to successfully locate the species was in 1988, and therefore it was considered as being extinct for over 30 years until its rediscovery in 2019. [3]
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.
Faxonius cooperi, the Flint River crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Alabama and Tennessee in the United States. The common name refers to the Flint River, where the original specimens were found.
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Faxonius hartfieldi, the Yazoo crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Mississippi in the United States.
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Orconectes australis, the southern cave crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the Cambaridae family 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.
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Cambarus speleocoopi, the Sweet Home Alabama cave crayfish, is a small, freshwater crayfish endemic to Marshall County, Alabama in the United States. It is an underground species known only from 4 caves.
Orconectes pellucidus, the Mammoth Cave crayfish, is a freshwater crayfish native to karst landscapes in Kentucky and Tennessee in the United States.
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.
Orconectes inermis, the Northern cave crayfish, is a troglomorphic freshwater crayfish native to Kentucky and Indiana in the United States.
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.
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