The Alabama Cave Shrimp, Palaemonias alabamae, is a federally listed endangered species also ranked by the IUCN as endangered. Sharing common characters with other obligate subterranean wildlife, these shrimp are blind and without pigment. The body size of the Alabama Cave Shrimp is about an inch total length. Inside the carapace, eggs can be seen developing within this female. This individual was photographed in Alabama, USA, in 2010.