Orconectes packardi

{{Short description|Species of crayfish}}

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| image =

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite iucn|author=Crandall, K.A. |author-link= Keith A. Crandall |author2= Buhay, J. |name-list-style=amp |year= 2010 |title= Orconectes packardi |page= e.T15443A4586144 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T15443A4586144.en|access-date=19 January 2023}}

| status2 = G2

| status2_system = TNC

| status2_ref = {{cite web |title=Orconectes packardi |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.117188/Orconectes_packardi |website=NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life |version=7.1|publisher=NatureServe|accessdate=19 January 2023}}

| genus = Orconectes

| species = packardi

| authority = Rhoades, 1944

| synonyms = Orconectes australis ssp. packardi

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Orconectes packardi, the Appalachian cave crayfish, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is endemic to Kentucky, where it is found in 16 caves in four southeastern counties in the Cumberland River basin.

Formerly a subspecies of O. australis, it was raised to species status by Buhay and Crandall in 2008.