NC Physiographic Region(s): northeastern coastal plain

River Basin(s): Neuse, Tar-Pamlico

Adult Habitat: “lentic and sluggish lotic situations” (Hobbs Jr. 1989); roadside ditches, ponds; “ditches with very sluggish to nil flow and sandy mud bottoms” (NHP ICAS 1999)

Juvenile Habitat: n/a

Reproductive Season: spring, early 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 of Special Concern

Identification references: Cooper 1998, Hobbs Jr. 1989, Hobbs 1991

Taxonomic Description:

body shape: cylindrical; fairly small species
coloration:  light brown or tan with highlights in pastels (greens, pinks, salmon) and often speckled with dark spots
spines: branchiostegal spine present; others lacking
rostrum: short, blunt, fairly flat; without marginal spines (usually – but can be present in juveniles)
areola: fairly wide
chelae: having strong dorsolongitudinal ridges; not robust but fairly large for this genus
other characteristics: n/a
form I male gonopod: tip of gonopods angled nearly 90 degrees from main shaft (terminal elements directed caudodistally); cephalic process broad; cephalic process lateral to central projection and hiding part of its base; caudal process flared or truncate; distal ¼ of mesial process bent strongly mesially (points straight but s-shaped)