NC Physiographic Region(s): mountains and upper western piedmont; higher elevations

River Basin(s): upper Yadkin-Pee Dee, upper Roanoke

Adult Habitat: “rocky areas of streams” (Hobbs Jr. 1989); fast-flowing (always lotic), clear water; mostly under rocks in riffles; reproduction in burrows

Juvenile Habitat: burrows

Reproductive Season: late fall, winter, early spring; reproduce in burrows (Smart 1962)

Species associates: C. bartonii, C. (P.) sp. C, others

Conservation status:  not protected

Identification references: Hobbs Jr. 1989, Hobbs Jr. 1991, Jezerinac et al. 1995

Taxonomic Description:

body shape: slightly dorsoventrally flattened
coloration: dark in color - shades of tan, brown, and reddish or rust; mostly solid coloration; rostral margins reddish; cream underside
spines: cervical spines/tubercles absent; cephalic spine or tubercle present; branchiostegal spine weak
rostrum: swollen, slightly concave margins; lacking marginal spines; smallish in size; concave or ladel-like; triangular in shape; with corneous tubercle at apex
areola: medium-wide, bearing approx. 10 punctations across the narrowest part
chelae: smooth; fingers with poorly defined dorsolongitudinal ridges; gap between fingers; long setae at base of fixed finger and along mesial margin of fixed finger; wide/robust; dactyl less than twice length of mesial margin of palm; one row of weak tubercles along mesial margin of palm
other characteristics: eyes well developed; suborbital obtuse or obsolete
form I male gonopod: corneous central projection truncated and bearing subapical notch; mesial process inflated at base and tapering