This shrimp is known from Lake Poso on Sulawesi, Indonesia.
In the examined specimens, the rostrum is conspicuously deep from top to bottom.
In Lake Poso, it has been found hiding inside empty shells of freshwater snails.
In the examined specimens, the first two pairs of chelae are small, with sparse hairs near the fingertips.
The observed large living females are whitish, frequently with bright-red stripes and blotches. Males are mostly transparent with some white blotches.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.