Orconectes barri

Orconectes barri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Orconectes
Species:
O. barri
Binomial name
Orconectes barri
Buhay & Crandall, 2008

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.


References

  1. 1 2 Schuster, G.A.; Adams, S. & Taylor, C.A. (2010). "Orconectes barri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T154020A4577507. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T154020A4577507.en. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Orconectes barri". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  3. ↑ Buhay, J.E. & K.A. Crandall (2008). "Taxonomic revision of cave crayfishes in the genus Orconectes, subgenus Orconectes (Decapoda: Cambaridae) along the Cumberland Plateau, including a description of a new species, Orconectes barri". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 28 (1): 57-67. doi:10.1651/07-2827R.1. S2CID 10326776.