Orconectes pellucidus

{{Short description|Species of crayfish}} {{Speciesbox | image = Orconectes pellucidus (cave crayfish) (Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA).jpg | image_caption = O. pellucidus (Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA) | 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 pellucidus'' |article-number= e.T153874A4556952 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153874A4556952.en|access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref> | status2 = G4 | status2_system = TNC | status2_ref = <ref name=NatureServe>{{cite web |title=''Orconectes pellucidus'' |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.112249/Orconectes_pellucidus |website=NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life |version=7.1|publisher=NatureServe|access-date=12 February 2023}}</ref> | genus = Orconectes | species = pellucidus | authority = (Tellkampf, 1844) | synonyms = *''Astacus pellucidus'' | synonyms_ref = }}

'''''Orconectes pellucidus''''', the '''Mammoth Cave crayfish''',<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=NatureServe/> is a freshwater [[crayfish]] native to [[karst]] landscapes in [[Kentucky]] and [[Tennessee]] in the United States.<ref name=IUCN/>

The common name refers to the [[Mammoth Cave National Park]], however it also occurs outside of the park.<ref name=IUCN/> An alternative common name, the '''eyeless crayfish''' refers to its [[troglomorphic]] adaptions to its subterranean habitat.<ref name=NatureServe/>

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[[Category:Cambaridae]] [[Category:Cave crayfish]] [[Category:Freshwater crustaceans of North America]] [[Category:Crustaceans described in 1844]]