Orconectes packardi

Orconectes packardi, the Appalachian cave crayfish,^[2] is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Kentucky,^[1][2] where it is found in 16 caves in four southeastern counties in the Cumberland River basin.^[2]

Orconectes packardi
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Imperiled  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Family:	Cambaridae
Genus:	Orconectes
Species:	O. packardi
Binomial name
Orconectes packardi Rhoades, 1944
Synonyms
Orconectes australis ssp. packardi

Formerly a subspecies of O. australis, it was raised to species status by Buhay and Crandall in 2008.^[1]