Procambarus maya has been assessed as Data Deficient. This is a newly described species, that is known from the type specimens. Further research is needed to determine the abundance of this species, and whether it is impacted upon by any major threat processes.

This species is known from the type specimens collected 1 km from the coast, within Sian Ka'an Nature Reserve, Municipio de Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico (Alvarez et al. 2007).

There is no population information available for this species, as this species is known from the type specimens.

This species is known to occur in a salt-marsh 1 km from the coast, within Sian Ka'an Nature Reserve. It was collected from a marsh at a depth of 0.4 m, with a water temperature of 29 ºC, salinity 5.5 %, pH 8.2 and a dissolved oxygen content of 1.65-4 mg/l (Alvarez et al. 2007). Furthermore, this species is known to reproduce within brackish water, as during collection of the type specimens a female was observed carrying 35 young within the same habitat (Alvarez et al. 2007).

It is unknown whether this species is impacted upon by any major threat processes.

There are no species-specific conservation measures in place for this species, however, it is known to occur within Sian Ka'an Nature Reserve (Alvarez et al. 2007). Further research is needed to determine the abundance of this species, and whether it is impacted upon by any major threat processes.