NC Physiographic Region(s): mountains

River Basin(s): French Broad, Watauga, New

Adult Habitat: “streams” (Hobbs Jr. 1989); “pool and riffle areas of small to large strams, especially latter, under rocks” (Bouchard 1974)

Juvenile Habitat: n/a

Reproductive Season: extended?; spring, late summer/early fall

Species associates: n/a

Conservation status: not protected

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

Taxonomic Description:

body shape: very large animal; dorsoventrally flattened; wide carapace
coloration: shades of brown and red with black, orange, and yellow highlights; cream underside; mottled or bearing saddle pattern
spines: cervical spines or tubercles may be present or absent; cephalic spine or tubercle present; branchiostegal  spine present; no marginal spines
rostrum: margins straight and converging but not thickened; triangularly tapered at rostrum (may be curved margins)
areola: medium, bearing approx. 5-6 punctations across narrowest part
chelae: smooth and very robust; possessing double row of tubercles on mesial margin of palm; well-developed dorsolatitudinal ridges on fingres; may be gap between fingers
other characteristics: small eye; acute suborbital angle
form I male gonopod: terminal elements similar in length; corneous central projection bearing subapical notch; mesial process inflated at base and tapering distally; cephalic margin sloping at an angle