NC Physiographic Region(s): piedmont plateau

River Basin(s): Catawba, Yadkin-Pee Dee, Cape Fear, Neuse, Tar-Pamlico, and possibly Broad (records exist for Broad in SC)

Adult Habitat: “streams, ponds, and burrows (primary or secondary burrower)” (Hobbs Jr. 1989); in pool areas with cobble or leaf litter substrate

Juvenile Habitat: n/a

Reproductive Season: summer (?)

Species associates: many, including C. catagius

Conservation status: not protected

Identification references: Cooper 1999, Hobbs Jr. 1989, Hobbs Jr. 1991

Taxonomic Description:

body shape: caudal section of carapace vaulted
coloration:  tan with dark specks
spines: lacking
rostrum: converging margins; broad and squarish; concave or scooped; with pinch to short acumen
areola: very narrow but not linear
chelae: robust and wide; double row of strong tubercles on mesial margin of palm and movable dactyl; large tubercles on inside edges of fingers; fairly strong dorsolongitudinal ridges on fingers; fingers with some gap and lacking setae between fingers
other characteristics: suborbital angle not obtuse (rounded acute)
form I male gonopod: corneous central projection very long and thin (longer than mesial process), and curved in a broad arc (sickle-shaped)