''Cambarus speleocoopi'', the Sweet Home Alabama cave crayfish,
[ is a small, freshwater ]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 ...
endemic to Marshall County, Alabama
Marshall County is a county of the state of Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 97,612. Its county seat is Guntersville. A second courthouse is in Albertville. Its name is in honor of John Marshall, famous Chief Ju ...
in the United States. It is an underground species known only from 4 caves.
Distribution
The Alabama cave crayfish is known from cave systems in the Paint Rock River basin between Mount St. Olive and Cushion.[
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References
Cambaridae
Cave crayfish
Endemic fauna of Alabama
Freshwater crustaceans of North America
Crustaceans described in 2009
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