Male carapace smooth and hard and twice as wide as long. Abdomen wide and telson wider than long and distally curved. Female carapace smooth and hard and 2 ½ times as wide as long. In both sexes the chelipeds are stout, with median teeth on fingers and the tips curved. Walking legs flattened laterally and last three with propodi much wider than dactyls.
SizeCarapace: male 4.5 x 10 mm, female 6 x 15 mm.
ColourCarapace patterned symmetrically in light and dark brown, grey and opaque white. Chelipeds white with patches of brown, red or orange; fingers and teeth white distally. Walking legs white with dark brown streaks and reticulated areas; margins of joints white banded; claws light coloured. Eyestalk ivory; cornea red with gold flecks.