Male: carapace firm and about twice as wide as long. Cheliped with gape between fingers. Female: carapace soft and oval. Cheliped with gaping fingers. Both sexes with outer margin of eye orbits pointed laterally. Merus of 3rd walking legs slightly less than twice as long as wide; dactyls of all walking legs strongly curved and sharply pointed.
SizeCarapace: male 10 x 18 mm, female 16 x 27 mm.
ColourCarapace of male opaque white with grey and brown marbled patches. Cheliped white with light grey and brown spots and fingers white. Walking legs white with light grey dots and streaks of tan; dactyl white; claw translucent. Eyestalk white with brown tinge; cornea black with silver flecks. Carapace of female with symmetrical patches of pale or grey or marbled with brown. Cheliped white with some fine streaks of tan on palm. Walking legs white with pale grey and orange spots. 3rd walking legs with a yellow brown band on merus. Eyestalk white; cornea dark brown.