This amphipod lives on shallow sandy bottoms with vegetation in the Mediterranean and Black seas.
Adult males have large eyes and pointed lateral lobes on the head.
It lives on shallow sandy bottoms with vegetation in lagoons and bays.
It normally lives in water of full marine salinity.
The third leg of adult males bears many long, curly setae.
In adult males, the segments near the tail have strong, laterally compressed dorsal elevations.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.