Forest & Guinot, 1961
Frontal and antero-lateral margins of carapace neither flattened nor emarginated; antero-lateral margins have two lobes separated by a furrow hardly continued onto branchial region; regions poorly defined, no trace of furrow limiting region 2M, beginning of anterior part of region 3M feebly indicated by prolonged bifurcation of medial frontal furrow; granules investing lateral parts of dorsal surface of carapace comparatively compacted and smaller; chelipeds of male have dactylus length subequal to width of palm; black colouration of fixed finger largely extends backwards onto palm and usually encircles, partly or totally, the subdistal part. (Davie 1996)
Type locality: Hikueru, Archipel des Tuamotu.
Range: Mauritius (Serène, 1984); ? Japan - Yoron-jima and Ishigaki-jima (Sakai, 1976a); Palau (Odhner, 1925, Takeda, 1976a); Fiji (Odhner, 1925); Samoa (Odhner, 1925); Hawaii - ? Coconuts Island (Sakai, 1976a); Tahiti (Odhner, 1925); Tuamotu Archipelago - Hikueru (Forest & Guinot, 1961, Serène, 1984).