It was discovered in 2024 by Zi-Ming Yuan, Wei Jiang, and Zhong-Li Sha, based on specimens in the South China Sea.

[2] The genus name Gothus refers to the game of Go, owing to similarities of the carapace patterns and granules with a Go board and stones.

The body is white to coral pink, with the carapace, legs and chelipeds bearing symmetrical brown to black stripes.

[1][4] The carapace, covered in small round granules, is one and a half times longer than it is wide, and divided into two triangular lobes by a V-shaped notch.

[1] The body is densely covered in short setae, giving the crab what has been described as a fluffy appearance.