This species is only found in Tasmania, Australia.

[2] It is a medium-size burrowing crayfish with an adult carapace length of about 25 millimeters.

[2] The species is primarily found in wet buttongrass and healthy plains, but also occurs in surface seepages, floodplains of creeks and wet areas converted to pasture.

[2] The principal threats to this species are clearance of native vegetation and lowering of the water table as a result of forestry and agricultural activities.

Other threats include downstream effects and road construction and quarrying and the impacts of inappropriate fire management.