(Odhner, 1925)
Differs from the typical Gaillardiellus rueppellii in having bundles of long and soft hairs disposed on the lobules of carapace or in grooves separating them. 2M is in some specimens incompletely divided, 1P is always not very convex. Ambulatory legs are densely fringed with longish hairs along both borders. (T. Sakai, 1939: 492)
Type locality: Hong Kong, 22°12'N, 114°15'E.
Range: Japan - Tokyo Bay (Ortmann, 1893), Shimoda (Sakai, 1935), Shimoda, Nagasaki and Shonai Province (Sakai, 1939), Sagami Bay (Sakai, 1965b), Sagami Bay, Shimoda, Kii Nagashima, Kii Minabe, Yamagata Prefecture, and Nagasaki (Sakai, 1976a), Amakusa (Yamaguchi et al., 1976), Yamagata Prefecture (Suzuki S., 1979), Kii Nagashima (Miyake, 1983), Oshoro, Hokkaido (Komai et al., 1992), Manazuru, Sagami Bay, Kii Minabe, Tosashimizu, and Tsuyazaki (Muraoka, 1998); Korea - Seogwipo, Pusan and Ulreung Island (Kamita, 1941), Cheonbu, Seongsanpo, Namhae Island, Impo, Bangjugpo, Namcheon dong, Hae-undae, Hoeng-gan Island, and Gapa Island (Kim, 1970, 1973), Cheju-do (Kim & Rho, 1971, Kim & Chang, 1985); China - Jiaozhou Bay (Shen, 1937), Dairen (Sakai, 1939), Guangdong and Shandong Peninsula (Dai & Yang, 1991); Hong Kong (Odhner, 1925, Guinot, 1976); not far from littoral zone.