Cambarus veitchorum

{{Short description|Species of crayfish}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = PE | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Cordeiro, J. |author2= Thoma, R.F. |name-list-style=amp |year= 2010 |title= ''Cambarus veitchorum'' |article-number= e.T153812A4548192 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153812A4548192.en|access-date= 10 February 2023}}</ref> | status2 = G1 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name=NatureServe>{{cite web |title=''Cambarus veitchorum'' |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.111679/Cambarus_veitchorum |website=NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life |version=7.1|publisher=NatureServe|access-date= 10 February 2023}}</ref> | genus = Cambarus | species = veitchorum | authority = J. E. Cooper and M. R. Cooper, 1997 | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = }}

'''''Cambarus veitchorum''''', the '''White Spring cave crayfish''',<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=NatureServe/> is a small, freshwater [[crayfish]] [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Limestone County, Alabama]] in the United States. It is a cave-dwelling species known from only one cave,<ref name=IUCN/> the White Spring Cave.<ref name=NatureServe/>

It is considered [[Critically Endangered]] (Possibly Extinct) by the [[IUCN Redlist]], having not been seen since 1968.<ref name=IUCN/> A survey carried out in 2007 of its home cave and 26 other caves failed to find any specimens.<ref name=NatureServe/>

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[[Category:Cambarus]] [[Category:Cave crayfish]] [[Category:Freshwater crustaceans of North America]] [[Category:Crustaceans described in 1997]] [[Category:Endemic crustaceans of the United States]] [[Category:Endemic fauna of Alabama]]