# Orconectes sheltae

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Species of crayfish

Orconectes sheltae Male Female Conservation status Critically Endangered (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: Orconectes Species: O. sheltae Binomial name Orconectes sheltae J. E. Cooper and M. R. Cooper, 1997

***Orconectes sheltae***, the **Shelta Cave crayfish**,[1] is a small, freshwater [crayfish](/source/Crayfish) [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Alabama](/source/Alabama) in the United States. It is a cave-dwelling species known from only one cave, [Shelta Cave](/source/Shelta_Cave) in [Madison County, Alabama](/source/Madison_County%2C_Alabama). This cave is also home to *[O. australis](/source/Orconectes_australis)* and *[Cambarus jonesi](/source/Cambarus_jonesi)*.[1]

It was first discovered in 1963, before being formally described in 1997. The last cave survey to successfully locate the species was in 1988, and therefore it was considered as being extinct for over 30 years until its rediscovery in 2019.[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-2) Schuster, G.A.; Taylor, C.A. & Cordeiro, J. (2010). ["*Orconectes sheltae*"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/153962/4569540). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **2010** e.T153962A4569540. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153962A4569540.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153962A4569540.en). Retrieved 14 February 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NatureServe_2-0)** ["*Orconectes sheltae*"](https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.108909/Orconectes_sheltae). *NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life*. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 13 February 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Katherine E. Dooley; K. Denise Kendall Niemiller; Nathaniel Sturm & Matthew L. Niemiller (20 May 2022). ["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"](https://doi.org/10.3897%2Fsubtbiol.43.79993). *Subterranean Biology*. **43**: 11–31. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.3897/subtbiol.43.79993](https://doi.org/10.3897%2Fsubtbiol.43.79993). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1314-2615](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1314-2615).

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Taxon identifiers Orconectes sheltae Wikidata: Q4483225 CoL: 7W5ZV EoL: 1010855 GBIF: 2227009 iNaturalist: 107819 IRMNG: 10236187 ITIS: 650380 IUCN: 153962 NatureServe: 2.108909 NCBI: 2939390 Open Tree of Life: 2974566 SeaLifeBase: 19718 WoRMS: 885372

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