This shrimp is known from South and Southeast Asia.
In the observed living specimens, the body can be reddish orange, bluish gray or dark teal blue.
In southern Thailand, it is found in varied freshwater habitats from coastal lowland rivers to headwater streams, usually over sand or gravel, among bank vegetation and submerged roots, beneath leaf litter or under rocks.
In the observed living specimens, the rostrum is yellow to gold.
In the females examined from southern Thailand, the second leg is longer and more slender than the first.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.