Procambarus orcinus

Procambarus orcinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Cambaridae
Genus: Procambarus
Subgenus: Ortmannicus
Species: P. orcinus
Binomial name
Procambarus orcinus
Hobbs & Means, 1972 [1]

Procambarus orcinus — known as the Woodville Karst cave crayfish — is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the Woodville Karst Plain in the United States. This species has been reported from eight solutional caves in southern Leon County as well as six caves in Wakulla County, Florida.[2]

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