NC Physiographic Region(s): southwestern mountains

River Basin(s): Hiwassee

Adult Habitat: “burrows and occasionally in streams” (Hobbs Jr. 1989); burrows in muck, some burrows submerged in seepage water, some crayfish found under rocks in these areas (Cooper and Braswell 1995); “primary burrower although may be collected in seepage areas, under rocks on the shore or the shoreline, and under rocks at midstream” (Williams and Bivens 1996); seepages and other mucky areas; mostly in burrows, but also under rocks in pools and slow runs along banks” (NHP ICAS 1999)

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

Reproductive Season: extended spring and extended fall

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 or laterally compressed, vaulted
coloration:  n/a
spines: lacking
rostrum: very short, blunt, with convergent thickened margins; no marginal spines; acumen very short or nonexistent; rounded or squared in shape; somewhat excavate or ladel-like dorsally
areola: medium
chelae: subrectangular; not posessing long setae all over; one row of large tubercles on mesial margin of palm and bearing several to many tubercles on dorsal flank; gape between fingers lacking or slight
other characteristics: eyes well developed
form I male gonopod: corneous central projection lacking subapical notch; mesial process slightly longer than central projection and tapering and triangular in shape with caudal margin at approx. 90 degrees to main shaft and cephalic margin greater than 90 degrees to main shaft