This crustacean is known from the Philippines, Red Sea, Madagascar, Australia and Taiwan.
In the single examined female lectotype, the body is elongated and oval.
It has been recorded in the mouth of the flying fish Parexocoetus brachypterus.
In the single examined female lectotype, the head is triangular, with a bluntly rounded front.
In the single examined female lectotype, the hind edge of the tail plate has a shallow notch.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.