Orconectes inermis

{{Short description|Species of crayfish}} {{Speciesbox | name = Northern cave crayfish | image = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Adams, S.|author2= Schuster, G.A. |author3= Taylor, C.A. |name-list-style=amp |year= 2010 |title=''Orconectes inermis'' |article-number= e.T62026A12578263 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T62026A12578263.en|access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> | status2 = G5 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name=NatureServe>{{cite web |title=''Orconectes inermis'' |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.117974/Orconectes_inermis |website=NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life |version=7.1|publisher=NatureServe|access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> | genus = Orconectes | species = inermis | authority = ([[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1872) | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = }}

'''''Orconectes inermis''''', the '''Northern cave crayfish''', is a [[troglomorphic]] [[freshwater crayfish]] native to [[Kentucky]] and [[Indiana]] in the United States.<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=NatureServe/>

There are two sub-species described; *''[[Orconectes inermis inermis]]'', known as '''ghost grayfish''' *''[[Orconectes inermis testii]]'' <small>(Hay, 1891)</small>, known as '''unarmed crayfish''' The two sub-species are known to form [[intergradation|intergrades]] in the range where they overlap.<ref name=NatureServe/>

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==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{cite web |title=Conservation Assessment for Northern Cave Crayfish (''Orconectes inermis'') |url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm91_054215.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216094412/https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsm91_054215.pdf |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |publisher=USDA Forest Service| author=Julian J. Lewis|date=October 2022}} {{refend}}

[[Category:Cambaridae]] [[Category:Cave crayfish]] [[Category:Freshwater crustaceans of North America]] [[Category:Crustaceans described in 1872]] [[Category:Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope]]