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''Cambarus nerterius'', the Greenbrier 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 the state of West Virginia in the United States. It is found only in or immediately adjacent to caves in Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties, and is included on the IUCN Red List as a Near Threatened species.


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Cambaridae Cave crayfish Crustaceans of the United States Endemic fauna of West Virginia Freshwater crustaceans of North America Crustaceans described in 1964 Taxa named by Horton H. Hobbs Jr. Greenbrier County, West Virginia Pocahontas County, West Virginia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Crayfish-stub