NC Physiographic Region(s): western piedmont

River Basin(s): upper Broad

Adult Habitat: deeper areas of lotic systems with cover (?)

Juvenile Habitat: n/a

Reproductive Season: early June, late September, late November

Species associates: C. (J.) asperimanus, C. (P.) sp. C, C. (P.) spicatus, and O. (P.) rusticus (introduced)

Conservation status:  undetermined because it was only recently described

Identification references: Cooper 2000b

Taxonomic Description:

body shape: slightly dorsoventrally flattened
coloration:  variable – either solid or with saddle pattern and mottling; shades of brown, reddish-brown, and cream, "from greenish-brown to grayish-tan, with some juveniles approaching orangeish tan" (Cooper 2000b)
spines: cervical spines absent but may be cervical tubercle(s); branchiostegal spines weak (if present); cephalic spine or tubercle absent
rostrum: with subparallel margins, either blunt or converging acuminately to apex but not abnormally long (somewhat squarish); no marginal spines, and corneous tubercle at apex; possibly excavate or ladel-like dorsally
areola: medium-wide in width
chelae: generally smooth and large; with one row of adpressed tubercles along mesial margin of palm; moderately developed dorsolongitudinal ridges on fingers; slight pinch both dorsally and ventrally at base of fixed finger (similar to Puncticambarus subgenus); fingers may be gaping in large adults (particularly form I males)
other characteristics: suborbital angle acute or nearly so
form I male gonopod: corneous central projection with 90 degree mesial bend in the caudal portion; mesial process bulbous and tapering to point