Carapace subtriangular with numerous knobs with hooked setae or stiff bristles and slender elongate rostral horns. Chelipeds of mature male longer than walking legs, of female, shorter. Walking legs long and slender with numerous hooked setae and stiff bristles. Eyestalk slender, subequal in length to postorbital spines which are lanceolate and point forward; cornea spherical.
SizeCarapace: male 65.7 x 39 mm, female 45 x 33 mm.
ColourCarapace light brown or white with tan patches, masked by curved, brown hooked setae and bristles to which many dead or living objects are attached. Chelipeds white, mottled with light brown; finger pink or orange distally. Walking legs brown, deeper dorsally. Abdomen and sternum pale brown with some orange. Eyestalk grey and white; cornea red-brown.