(Gray, 1831)
Carapace approximately as wide as long; antero-lateral borders armed with five variable teeth of usually similar size; postero-lateral tooth directed obliquely forward. Rostrum tridentate, lateral teeth longer than median one, this last one visible dorsally. Inner margin of dactyli of second and third pereiopods with 5-8 small spines; outer margins of propodi of third and fourth pereiopods with spines; outer margin of dactyli of fifth pereiopods with a spine. (Türkay 1995)
Range: Amirante Islands; Andaman Islands - Port Blair and west Coral Bank (Alcock, 1900a, 1901); Mergui Archipelago (de Man, 1888b, Alcock, 1900a, 1901); ? Japan - Sagami Bay (Balss, 1922b); China - Hainan Island (Dai & Yang, 1991); South China Sea (Serène & Lohavanijaya, 1973); Gulf of Thailand (Serène & Lohavanijaya, 1973); Singapore (Nobili, 1903c); Indonesia - Selat Sape, Flores, Molo Strait, Tanahjampea, west of New Guinea, Ambon and Banda (Ihle, 1913).