The Lonesome Gravedigger (Lacunicambarus mobilensis) is one of two new burrowing crayfish species from coastal Alabama and Mississippi that were described in a paper in Zootaxa. Disclaimer ...

But there’s a lot of crayfish that burrow into the ground. These are called terrestrial burrowing crayfish that actually burrow down into the water table that’s under the ground.” ...

Genetic testing revealed that the crustacean was a new species now named the Ocoee crayfish, according to a study published April 1 in the peer-reviewed journal Zootaxa. Senior author Roger F.