NC Physiographic Region(s): southwestern mountains

River Basin(s): Little Tennesse, Hiwassee

Adult Habitat: “burrows (primary burrower)” (Hobbs Jr. 1989); “primary burrower although occasional specimens are collected in streams; occurs in montaine to sub-montane springs seeps, etc.” (Williams and Bivens 1996); burrows in wetlands or bogs (Cooper and Braswell 1995)

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

Reproductive Season: n/a

Species associates: n/a

Conservation status: placed on North Carolina Watch List (W.F. Adams and J.E. Cooper in Clamp 1999); considered by Taylor et al. (1996) to be currently stable throughout its range

Identification references: Hobbs Jr. 1989, Hobbs Jr. 1991

Taxonomic Description:

body shape: cylindrical; vaulted
coloration:  red; brick red
spines: lacking
rostrum: very short, blunt, with parallel margins; no marginal spines; acumen very short or nonexistent; rounded or squared in shape; somewhat excavate or ladel-like dorsally
areola: narrow (almost linear)
chelae: subrectangular; not posessing long setae all over; one row of large tubercles on mesial margin of palm; lacking gape between fingers
other characteristics: n/a
form I male gonopod: corneous central projection lacking subapical notch; mesial process not longer than central projection (or barely so); mesial process inflated at base and tapering distally