Orconectes stygocaneyi

{{Short description|Species of crayfish}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Elliott, R. |author2= DiStefano, R. |name-list-style=amp |year= 2010 |title= ''Orconectes stygocaneyi'' |article-number= e.T153857A4554618 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153857A4554618.en|access-date=22 February 2023}}</ref> | status2 = G1 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name=NatureServe>{{cite web |title=''Faxonius stygocaneyi'' |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.637266/Faxonius_stygocaneyi |website=NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life |version=7.1|publisher=NatureServe|access-date=23 February 2023}}</ref> | genus = Orconectes | species = stygocaneyi | authority = Hobbs, 2001 | synonyms = * ''Faxonius stygocaneyi'' {{small|(Hobbs, 2001)}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name="Decanet"/> }}

'''''Orconectes stygocaneyi''''',<ref name="Decanet"/><ref name="WoRMs"/><ref name="iNat"/><ref name=IUCN/> the '''Caney Mountain cave crayfish''' (also called ''Faxonius stygocaneyi'' in some schemes)<ref name=NatureServe/> is a small, freshwater [[crayfish]] [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Missouri]] in the United States. It is a cave-dwelling species known from only one cave, Mud Cave in [[Ozark County, Missouri]].<ref name="Ellingsworth2024"/> This cave is Protected as part of the Caney Mountain Conservation Area,<ref name=NatureServe/> which covers {{convert|7899|acres|abbr=on}} of public land administered by the [[Missouri Department of Conservation]].

==Taxonomy== The species was described as ''Orconectes stygocaneyi'' Hobbs, 2001.<ref name="Hobbs2001"/> It later appeared in an important catalog as ''Faxonius stygocaneyi'' (Hobbs, 2001)<ref name="Crandall2017"/>, but genetic data later supported affinity genus ''Orconectes'', and even with data from the 16S rRNA fragment as a close ally of its type species ''Orconectes inermis'' Cope, 1872.<ref name="Dooley2022"/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="Decanet">{{cite web|title=''Orconectes stygocaneyi''|url=https://decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1780487|website=Decanet|access-date=5 February 2026|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="WoRMs">{{cite web|title=''Orconectes stygocaneyi''|url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1780487|website=WoRMs|access-date=5 February 2026|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="iNat">{{cite web|title=''Orconectes stygocaneyi''|url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1593258-Orconectes-stygocaneyi|website=iNaturalist|access-date=5 February 2026|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Hobbs2001">{{Cite journal|last1=Hobbs|first1=H.H. (III).|date=2001|title=A new cave crayfish of the genus ''Orconectes'', subgenus ''Orconectes'', from Southcentral Missouri, U.S.A., with a key to the stygobitic species of the genus (Decapoda, Cambaridae).|journal=Crustaceana|volume=74|issue=7|pages=635–646|doi=10.1093/jcbiol/rux070|pmid= |s2cid=|issn=|doi-access=free|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Crandall2017">{{Cite journal|last1=Crandall|first1=Keith A.|last2=De Grave|first2=Sammy|date=2017|title=An updated classification of the freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Astacidea) of the world, with a complete species list|journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology|volume=2017|issue=|pages=1–39|doi=10.1093/jcbiol/rux070|pmid= |s2cid=|issn=|doi-access=free|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Dooley2022">{{Cite journal|last1=Dooley|first1=Katherine E.|last2=Kendall Niemiller|first2=K. Denise|last3=Sturm|first3=Nathaniel|last4=Niemiller|first4=Matthew L.|date=2022|title=Rediscovery and phylogenetic analysis of the Shelta Cave Crayfish (''Orconectes sheltae'' Cooper & Cooper, 1997), a decapod (Decapoda, Cambaridae) endemic to Shelta Cave in northern Alabama, USA|journal=Subterranean Biology|volume=43|issue=|pages=11–31|doi=10.3897/subtbiol.43.79993|pmid= |s2cid=|issn=|doi-access=free|language=en}}</ref>

<ref name="Ellingsworth2024">{{Cite journal|last1=Ellingsworth|first1=Emila A.|last2=DiStefano|first2=R.J.|last3=Westhoff|first3=J.T.|last4=O'Brian|first4=B.M.|date=2024|title=The endangered Caney Mountain cave crayfish: A preliminary study of its habitat with brief life history notes|journal=Freshwater Crayfish|volume=29|issue=1|pages=121–132|doi=10.5869/fc.2024.v29-1.121|pmid= |s2cid=|issn=|doi-access=free|language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:Cambaridae]] [[Category:Cave crayfish]] [[Category:Freshwater crustaceans of North America]] [[Category:Crustaceans described in 2001]] [[Category:Endemic fauna of Missouri]] [[Category:Endemic crustaceans of the United States]] [[Category:Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN]]