| Cambarus zophonastes | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Cambarus |
| Species: | C. zophonastes |
| Binomial name | |
| Cambarus zophonastes Hobbs & Bedinger, 1964 |
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Cambarus zophonastes is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to the state of Arkansas, and is listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.[1] The crayfish is nicknamed the Hell Creek crayfish. The cave crayfish Cambarus zophonastes is a cave-adapted species that lacks pigment in the body and eyes. This crayfish is known from two caves, Hell Creek Cave and Nesbitt Spring Cave.[2]