# Cambarus veitchorum

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Species of crayfish

Cambarus veitchorum Conservation status Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1] Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[2] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Family: Cambaridae Genus: Cambarus Species: C. veitchorum Binomial name Cambarus veitchorum J. E. Cooper and M. R. Cooper, 1997

***Cambarus veitchorum***, the **White Spring cave crayfish**,[1][2] is a small, freshwater [crayfish](/source/Crayfish) [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Limestone County, Alabama](/source/Limestone_County%2C_Alabama) in the United States. It is a cave-dwelling species known from only one cave,[1] the White Spring Cave.[2]

It is considered [Critically Endangered](/source/Critically_Endangered) (Possibly Extinct) by the [IUCN Redlist](/source/IUCN_Redlist), having not been seen since 1968.[1] A survey carried out in 2007 of its home cave and 26 other caves failed to find any specimens.[2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-3) Cordeiro, J. & Thoma, R.F. (2010). ["*Cambarus veitchorum*"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/153812/4548192). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **2010** e.T153812A4548192. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153812A4548192.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153812A4548192.en). Retrieved 10 February 2023.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NatureServe_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NatureServe_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-NatureServe_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-NatureServe_2-3) ["*Cambarus veitchorum*"](https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.111679/Cambarus_veitchorum). *NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life*. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

Taxon identifiers Cambarus veitchorum Wikidata: Q4475008 CoL: 7RV68 EoL: 127164 GBIF: 2227356 iNaturalist: 96623 IRMNG: 10235244 ITIS: 650396 IUCN: 153812 NatureServe: 2.111679 Open Tree of Life: 2974379 SeaLifeBase: 19734 WoRMS: 885244

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