This crustacean is known from the Bering Sea and Alaska to 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 less than 40% of the length of the inner branch.
In adults, the propodus of each of the first three leg pairs has four stout, recurved, pointed spines.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.