Cambarus laconensis

{{Short description|Species of crayfish}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Crandall, K.A. |author-link= Keith A. Crandall |author2= Cordeiro, J. |name-list-style=amp |year= 2010 |title= ''Cambarus laconensis'' |article-number= e.T164914A5937870 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T164914A5937870.en|access-date=5 February 2023}}</ref> | status2 = G1 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name=NatureServe>{{cite web |title=''Cambarus laconensis'' |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.821665/Cambarus_laconensis |website=NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life |version=7.1|publisher=NatureServe|access-date=5 February 2023}}</ref> | genus = Cambarus | species = laconensis | authority = Buhay & [[Keith A. Crandall|Crandall]], 2009<ref>{{cite journal| title=Taxonomic revision of cave crayfish in the genus ''Cambarus'', subgenus ''Aviticambarus'' (Decapoda: Cambaridae) with descriptions of two new species, ''C. speleocoopi'' and ''C. laconensis'', endemic to Alabama, U.S.A.| year=2009| last1=Buhay| first1=Jennifer E.| last2=Crandall| first2=Keith A. |author2-link= Keith A. Crandall| journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology| volume=29| issue=1| pages=121–134| s2cid=83813422| doi=10.1651/08-3089.1| bibcode=2009JCBio..29..121B| doi-access=free}}</ref> }} '''''Cambarus laconensis''''', the '''Lacon Exit cave crayfish''',<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=NatureServe/> is a small, freshwater [[crayfish]] [[Endemism|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 [[Appalachian Mountains|southern Appalachians]].<ref name=IUCN/>

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[[Category:Cambarus]] [[Category:Cave crayfish]] [[Category:Endemic crustaceans of the United States]] [[Category:Endemic fauna of Alabama]] [[Category:Freshwater crustaceans of North America]] [[Category:Crustaceans described in 2009]]