Colour in life (after Ahyong 2012). Overall dorsal colour reddish-brown to green, often with diffuse banding and dark lateral spot on each somite. Large males deep green. Posterior margin of thoracic and abdominal somites orange-red. Carapace with anterolateral and usually posterolateral areas with large dark brown spots outlined in white. A 2 scale orange-yellow with dark apex; setae red. Ventral surface, dactylus of raptorial claw and pereopods red. Uropodal protopod pale basally; exopod blue with iridescent blue outline and red marginal setae; endopod dark blue with iridescent blue outline and red marginal setae. Measurements. ♂ (n = 1) TL 129 mm, ♀ (n = 1) TL 88 mm. CI (♀) 500. Manning (1967 c) reported specimens to TL 171 mm.
Sumber: Taxonomic guide to the mantis shrimps (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) of South Africa