(Rathbun, 1907)
Dactylus of first pair of ambulatory legs with distal extremity furnished laterally with short corneous setae that flank the claw and have a comb-like aspect. Carapace broad (1.40-1.50 times broader than long); granular regions separated by broad furrows; all carapace regions, including the posterior, well separated; 3M shows indications of three divisions; frontal median sinus feebly indicated and closed; tomentum of short setae fills furrows separating carapace regions; chelipeds with swollen palm, fingers very convex, with brushes of long, rigid setae near the cutting margin; length of cheliped dactylus clearly less than superior margin of palm; carapace and chelipeds without long setae and, with only a tomentum of short setae, appear naked. (Davie 1997)
Type locality: Easter Islands.
Range: Red Sea (Klunzinger, 1913, Odhner, 1925); Aldabra Island (Serène, 1984); Coëtivy Islands (Rathbun, 1911); Maldives (Guinot, 1962b); Chagos Archipelago (Rathbun, 1911); Japan - Tosa Bay (Sakai, 1939), Tosa Bay and Yoron-jima (Sakai, 1976a); Taiwan - P'eng-hu (Lin, 1949); Hawaii - Hilo (Odhner, 1925); Easter Islands.