This amphipod is known from brooks and springs in the southern Balkans; adults are yellowish.
Living adults are yellowish.
It lives in brooks and springs, often occurring together with Gammarus balcanicus.
In adult males, the inner surfaces of the basal segments of the sixth and seventh legs bear setae, whose numbers vary.
Among adults, the third and fourth legs of females have denser, longer setae than those of males.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.