This shrimp is known from Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.
In the observed living females, the body is usually dark red to black with a lighter dorsal band.
It lives in lower river courses near estuaries and in pools of brackish water.
In the examined females, the rostrum has 13–16 upper teeth.
In the examined females, the second leg is longer and more slender than the first.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.