NC Physiographic Region(s): mountains

River Basin(s): Little Tennessee, French Broad, Watauga, Hiwassee

Adult Habitat: “rocky segments of streams” (Hobbs Jr. 1989); “small streams to rivers, usually found in riffle areas” (Williams and Bivens 1996).

Juvenile Habitat: n/a

Reproductive Season: n/a

Species associates: n/a

Conservation status:  not protected

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

Taxonomic Description:

body shape: slightly dorsoventrally flattened
coloration:  n/a
spines: cervical spines/tubercles, branchiostegal spines absent
rostrum: thickened margins; lacking marginal spines but notched in appearance; smallish in size; concave or ladel-like; with corneous tubercle at apex
areola: wide
chelae: fingers with poorly defined dorsolongitudinal ridges; gap between fingers; long setae at base of fixed finger but restricted to this area and not present on mesial margin of fixed finger
other characteristics: eyes well developed; suborbital angle acute
form I male gonopod: central projection corneous, truncated, and with a subapical notch; mesial process inflated at base and tapering