Cambarus veitchorum

Cambarus veitchorum, the White Spring cave crayfish,^[1][2] is a small, freshwater crayfish endemic to Limestone County, Alabama in the United States. It is a cave-dwelling species known from only one cave,^[1] the White Spring Cave.^[2]

Cambarus veitchorum
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Cambaridae
Genus:	Cambarus
Species:	C. veitchorum
Binomial name
Cambarus veitchorum J. E. Cooper and M. R. Cooper, 1997

It is considered Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) by the IUCN Redlist, having not been seen since 1968.^[1] A survey carried out in 2007 of its home cave and 26 other caves failed to find any specimens.^[2]