Known from very shallow water around the Mediterranean and Black seas, this amphipod also lives in water with low salinity.
In adult males of the form described from a brackish pool in Turkey, the head has pointed lateral lobes and rather small eyes.
It lives in brackish water and enters river mouths that become almost fresh at least temporarily.
The revision records it from very shallow water, 0–5 m deep.
In adult males of the form described from a brackish pool in Turkey, the second antenna bears long setae with slightly curved tips.
In adult males of the form described from a brackish pool in Turkey, the posterior margins of segments of the third leg bear long, curled setae.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.