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Orconectes
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Orconectes

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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.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassMalacostraca
  4. OrderDecapoda
  5. FamilyCambaridae
Habitatfreshwater

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,564
With media
1,225
Family
Cambaridae
Collections
YPM, AUM, USNM
Recorded in
United States
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Orconectes limosus - Kamberkrebs.jpg
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Commons category
Orconectes
taxon name
Orconectes
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Orconectes
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