This crustacean is known from California, USA, and Mexico.
In adults, the eyes are distinctly separated.
It has been collected from fishes or from soft-bottom habitats.
In adults, the inward process at the uropod base extends about halfway along the inner branch.
In adults, the propodus of each of the first three leg pairs has five thin, straight, pointed spines.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.