Field card
Cave elite
[Southern Cave Crayfish render]
Southern Cave Crayfish
Orconectes australis
- Lives:
- Cave streams in Alabama and Tennessee, USA
- Size:
- About 5 to 8 cm long
- Eats:
- Whatever washes into its cave: small animals and debris
- Status:
- Least Concern (IUCN)
Southern Cave Crayfish facts
- It is white and has no eyes; it finds its way by touch and smell.
- It may live for well over 100 years.
In Word Biome
The Southern Cave Crayfish is the elite fight of the Cave world, tougher than the creatures before it, where it goes by the Cave Crayfish. Watch for it in costume as the Viking Crayfish. Tap it during a fight to open this field card.
EliteCostume: Viking Crayfish
Sources
Checked against: IUCN Red List, US Fish and Wildlife Service.