This shrimp is known from the Solomon Islands and islands of Polynesia.
In the observed living specimens, the body is yellowish and slightly translucent.
It favours flowing, well-oxygenated fresh water from lower to upper river courses.
In the observed living specimens, numerous red spots cover the body.
In the specimens examined from the Solomon Islands, the upper rostral teeth lie in front of the eye margin, with none on the carapace behind it.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.