100 J. E. Cooper and A. L. Braswell 



basin: Cherokee Co. — (1) seepage area on slope above SR 1322 and 

 Shuler Crk, 0.1 rd mi (0.2 rd km) E of Tennessee state line, ca. 4.3 

 air mi (6.9 air km) WSW Violet; 4 6 II, 12 j 6,2 9, 8 j 9, 1 j 

 unsexed (NCSM C-1786), 1 6 I, 1 9 (NCSM C-1787), 21 Jul 1984; 

 (2) seeps and shallow intermittent water on hillside above SR 1323 

 and trib Shuler Crk, 2.8 rd mi (4.5 rd km) W jet SR 1324, ca. 3.3 air 

 mi (5.3 air km) WSW Violet; l<JI,4<?n,5jd,39,3j9 (NCSM 

 C-1788), 21 Jul 1984. 



All specimens were dug or scraped from shallow burrows in 

 dark muck. Some of the burrows were submerged in seepage water, 

 and some specimens were found under rocks in these areas. No other 

 crayfishes were found with C. nodosus. 



In North Carolina, C. nodosus is limited to the Hiwassee River 

 basin, where it appears to be the ecological equivalent of C. 

 asperimanus. The two species have never been reported from the 

 same localities or even the same river basins anywhere, and C. 

 asperimanus, although common and widespread in other montane 

 (and western Piedmont) river systems, seems to be absent from the 

 Hiwassee River and its tributaries. 



Cambarus (Tubericambarus) acanthura Hobbs 

 Although known from two localities in Fannin County, Georgia 

 (Hobbs 1981:219-220), this crayfish has never been reported 

 from North Carolina. Three localities in the Hiwassee River basin 

 of North Carolina are now known: Cherokee Co. — (1) floodplain 

 pond and ditches along Nottely R off end SR 1404, ca. 1.0 mi 

 (1.6 km) N US 64 and 5.8 air mi (8.0 air km) SW Murphy; 1 6 I, 2 

 j 9, 1 carapace (NCSM C-529), 24 Nov 1978, DLS ALB, 5 j 6\ 2 

 j 9 (NCSM C-2291), 24 Apr 1985, JB, ALB; (2) floodplain 

 Nottely R at US 64 Bridge, 0.8 mi (1.3 km) E Ranger; 5 j 8, 3 j 

 9 (NCSM C-496), 1 6 II (NCSM C-497), Z j 6 (NCSM C-498), 1 

 6 I (NCSM C-499), 17 Dec 1976, FDS, ALB; (3) small creek 

 (trib Nottely R) in rhododendron thicket off SR 1423, ca. 0.5 mi (0.8 

 km) N US 64, 5.0 air mi (8.0 air km) SW Murphy; 1 j 9 (NCSM 

 C-1790), 22 Jul 1984, ALB, JEC. 



At locality (3), the only other crayfish found in the creek was 

 a male II Cambarus (Puncticambarus) hiwasseensis Hobbs. Speci- 

 mens C-497 and C-499 were kept alive in the laboratory after their 

 capture in December 1976; the former died on 13 May 1980, and the 

 latter, which was a juvenile when collected, died a form I male on 22 

 May 1981. The pond at locality (1) had extensive mats of floating 



