Dai & Chen, 1980
Preorbital spines simple, widely divergent at their tips; hepatic spines very long and sharp; no other spines on the lateral borders of carapace except the anterior branchial spine; subhepatic region with four spines. Antero-external angle of merus of third maxilliped largely produced. (Türkay 1995)
Type locality: South China Sea.
Range: Japan - Shiono-misaki, Kii Peninsula (Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995); ? East China Sea (Takeda & Miyake, 1970a); South China Sea - (Dai & Chen, 1980), Nansha Islands (Chen H. & Xu, 1991); ? Vietnam - Nha Trang (Serène & Lohavanijaya, 1973); Philippines - north of Lubang and south of Mindoro (Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995); Indonesia - Kepulauan Kai (Ihle, 1913, Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995), Makassar Strait (Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995); 50-170 m.