''Cambarus pecki'' (formerly ''Procambarus pecki''), sometimes called the phantom cave crayfish, is a
species of
crayfish
Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the clade Astacidea, which also contains lobsters. In some locations, they are also known as crawfish, craydids, crawdaddies, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, rock lobsters, mu ...
in the
family Cambaridae. It is
endemic to
Alabama where it is found in three unconnected
caves in the
Tennessee River drainage in
Colbert County
Colbert County () is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the county's population was 57,227. The county seat is Tuscumbia. The largest city is Muscle Shoals.
The county is named in ...
,
Lauderdale County, and
Morgan County.
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Cambaridae
Cave crayfish
Crustaceans of the United States
Endemic fauna of Alabama
Freshwater crustaceans of North America
Endangered fauna of the United States
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Crustaceans described in 1967
Taxa named by Horton H. Hobbs Jr.
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