Faxonius stygocaneyi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Family: | Cambaridae |
Genus: | Faxonius |
Species: | F. stygocaneyi
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Binomial name | |
Faxonius stygocaneyi (Hobbs III, 2001)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Orconectes stygocaneyi |
Faxonius stygocaneyi, the Caney Mountain cave crayfish, [1] [2] is a small, freshwater crayfish endemic to Missouri in the United States. It is a cave-dwelling species known from only one cave, Mud Cave in Ozark County, Missouri. This cave is Protected as part of the Caney Mountain Conservation Area, [2] which covers 7,899 acres (3,197 ha) of public land administered by the Missouri Department of Conservation.