Miers, 1886
Carapace with numerous spinules between the main spines, protogastric spines longest and emerging from a hump that bears a number of spinules, two gastric spines in a longitudinal line of which the anterior is clearly larger than the posterior, a pair of long and acute cardiac spines, intestinal spine unpaired and acute; preocular spinule quite long; supraorbital eave with an anterior spine; rostral spines short, not overreaching interantennular one. Antennal peduncle cylindrical, basal joint with a long subdistal spine bifid at tip and a subproximal triangular tooth. (Türkay 1995)
Type locality: Kepulauan Kai, Indonesia, 05°49'15"S, 132°14'15"E, "Challenger" stn 192, 252 m.
Range: Mozambique (Barnard, 1926); Japan - Tosa Bay (Sakai, 1976a); Taiwan - Nanfangau, I-Lan County, and Tungkang, P'ing-tung County (Ng & Huang, 1997); South China Sea (Griffin & Tranter, 1986a); Philippines - west and north-east of Lubang Island (Serène & Vadon, 1981, Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1986a); Indonesia - Kepulauan Kai (Miers, 1886, Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1982b, Griffin & Tranter, 1986a); Western Australia - Geraldton, Pt. Cloates, west of Dirk Hartog Island, west of Bluff Pt., south-west of Dongara and Rottnest Island (Griffin & Tranter, 1986a); 90-250 m.