It is found from New South Wales to Western Australia, and in Japan.

[1][2] Zimmeriana females and sub-adult males have two pseudorostral lobes which are horizontal.

The eye lobes have no lenses, and may or may not have a pair of spines.

The first pereopod has a brush of many long setae terminally on the dactyl.

[2] In males, the pseudorostral lobes are horizontally or vertically directed.