Heller, 1862
Carapace about seven-eighths as long as broad, perfectly smooth, the outer orbital angle not pronounced and the lateral margins entire in the adult. The line of flexion of the front is a little concave in the middle. Epistome and pterygostomian regions tomentose. P1 smooth equal in the female, markedly unequal in the male. In the male the larger cheliped is more than twice the length of the carapace, the inner angle of the carpus is not pronounced, the palm is about as high as long and has a strong bulge at its postero-inferior angle, the dactylus is much longer than the immobile finger, and the dactylus has 2 or 3 small molariform teeth while the immobile finger has a single one. In the female the chelipeds are little longer than the carapace, have the inner angle of the carpus pronounced, the palm not enlarged or inflated, and the fingers finely and inconspicuously toothed and nearly equal in length. The smaller cheliped of the male is but little larger than those of the female. Of the legs the 2nd pair are the longest, being twice the length of the carapace, and the 3rd pair are slightly shorter: the 1st pair are nearly 1 1/2 times, the 4th pair about 1.1/2 times the length of the carapace. (Alcock, 1900b: 443)
Type locality: Tahiti.
Range: Maldives - Fadiffolu Atoll (Rathbun, 1902b); Andaman Islands (Alcock, 1900b); Nicobar Islands (Alcock, 1900b); Sumatra - Banda Aceh; Christmas Island (Ng et al., 2000b); Japan - Ishigaki-jima and Uotsuri-jima (Ng et al., 2000b); Indonesia - Tanahjampea, Flores Sea (Tesch, 1918a); New Guinea - Kais (Ortmann, 1894a), Bertrand Island (Ng et al., 1998b, Ng et al., 2000b); Vanuatu - Api (Miers, 1886); Fiji (Ortmann, 1894a); Tahiti (Heller, 1862, Ng et al., 1998b, Ng et al., 2000b).