NC Physiographic Region(s): southwestern mountains

River Basin(s): Hiwassee (Nottely subdrainage)

Adult Habitat: “burrows and streams” (Hobbs Jr. 1989); “primary burrower” (Williams and Bivens 1996); “primary burrower; [females and young] can be found in many places where water table is near the surface; pools and small creeks” (NHP ICAS 1999)

Juvenile Habitat: presumably burrows and possibly surface waters along edges in cover (?)

Reproductive Season: winter?

Species associates: no other species collected with this one

Conservation status: placed on North Carolina Watch List (W.F. Adams and J.E. Cooper in Clamp1999); considered by Taylor et al. (1996) to be Currently Stable throughout its range
 

Identification references: Hobbs Jr. 1989 (therein referred to as C. (Lacunicambarus) acanthura)

Taxonomic Description:

body shape: n/a
coloration: n/a
spines: absent
rostrum: broad, fairly long; converging margins
areola: linear
chelae: n/a
other characteristics: acute suborbital angle; eyes well developed
form I male gonopod: short terminal elements of similar length; central projection corneous and lacking subapical notch