(Ihle, 1913)
Carapace slightly wider than long, convex, areolate; antero-lateral borders with two granulated lobes; branchial and cervical grooves distinct. Rostrum tridentate, lateral teeth broadly triangular, slightly longer than deflexed median tooth. Cheliped without an epipod. Cheliped palm especially elongate in males, outer face granulated as are bases of fingers. Inner margins of dactyli of second and third pereiopods armed with 7-8 small spines. Telson of abdomen much wider than long, its posterior margin rounded. (Türkay 1995)
Type locality: south of Timor Island, 9°00.3'S, 126°24.5'E, 112 m.
Range: Japan - Sagami Bay (Balss, 1921b, Sakai, 1936c, 1965b), Shimoda (Sakai, 1935a), Miyazaki Prefecture, Muroto-misaki, Bungo Strait and between Nagasaki and Koshiki-jima (Yokoya, 1933), Amakusa (Miyake et al., 1962), Tsushima Strait (Takeda, 1973c), Sagami Bay, Izu Peninsula and Tosa Bay (Sakai, 1976a), Shiono-misaki (Miyake, 1983); East China Sea (Takeda & Miyake, 1970a, 1972c); Macclesfield Bank (McLay, 1998); Vietnam - off Nha Trang (Serène & Lohavanijaya, 1973); Indonesia - Timor (Ihle, 1913); Australia - off Cape Moreton (Campbell, 1971); Chesterfield Islands (McLay, 1993); New Caledonia (McLay, 1993); Loyalty Islands (McLay, 1993); 30-350 m.