The species was found in Lagoa do Henrique, a freshwater pond in the Brasília National Park.

It differs from Australian species (C. hypsophilum, C. parooensis and C. platamoides) by its less developed keel, the lateral head pores which are located close to midline, a longer spine on the basal segment of the antenna exopodite, and by the presence of very big projections on the latter.

The Brazilian C. Laticaudatum differs from C. candango by having a longer spine on the basal segment of the antenna exopodite, in the shape of its postabdomen, and in postabdominal denticles, which in this species are long and single.

It also counts with a row of about 50 to 70 long and thin setules along the posterior margin on the inner side of its carapace.

It possesses three major head pores of similar size with a narrow connection between them.

[1] At present, C. candango was only reported from the type locality: Lagoa do Henrique (Brasília National Park), which is a small (diameter about 200m) shallow freshwater pond, with macrophytes almost all over its area, surrounded by typical "Cerrado" vegetation (tropical savanna).