Carapace: shield broader than long. Eyestalk short and stout; cornea not dilated. Right cheliped stout, shorter than walking legs; merus and carpus setose and with granules, spines and striae; hand slightly convex, sparsely setose and with many small granules. Proportions and shape of cheliped changes with growth. Left cheliped similar but smaller than right. 1st and 2nd walking legs setose; dactyl slender, subequal in length to propodus; claw curved.
SizeShield length: male 9.8 mm.
ColourCarapace: shield dark brown masked by light brown setae; posterior grey-green with dark brown streaks and striations. Right cheliped: ischium light brown, merus dirty white with striae of dark and light brown; carpus greenish brown, hand light grey-brown with dirty white fingers. Left cheliped brown, blue-grey, greenish-brown with white band distally on merus; hand red-brown with tan or orange tips. 1st and 2nd walking legs: ischium light brown or bluish; merus dark brown medially, white and/or blue; carpus light brown with dark brown streaks and a distal white patch with narrow red margin; dactyl greenish or red-brown with a blue area proximally and a red stripe on each lateral face, dorsal ridge brown; ventral moveable spines and claw dark brown. Eyestalk grey with dark brown streaks; cornea black with concentric golf rings. Antennal flagellum kelp brown with a gold dot on every other segment, proximally , to every 6th, distally. Juveniles with much less intense colour and more white than adults.