This crustacean is known from the eastern Pacific, western Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.
In adults, the inward process at the uropod base extends at least three-quarters of the length of the inner branch.
It has been collected from fishes or from soft-bottom habitats.
In adults, the propodus of each of the first three leg pairs lacks an expanded inner lobe.
In adults, the frontal plate beneath the head is thin and narrow.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.