Rathbun, 1913
Carapace smooth centrally, with scattered granules on branchial and hepatic regions; front deflexed, slightly constricted between bases of ocular peduncles, with smooth margins, straight to faintly bilobed distally, median furrow deep but narrow; lateral margins posteriorly subparallel, 2 large and 1 small antero-lateral teeth. Ocular peduncles long and narrow, cornea extending to base of external orbital angle. Central region of epistome excavated. Merus of third maxilliped markedly smaller than ischium. Palm of male cheliped stout, outer face finely granular, granules largest and densest near upper margin, inner face heavily hairy distally and on upper half, with granules near lower margin; immovable finger straight or slightly deflexed, cutting edge centrally with a large, long, crenulated tooth; cutting edge of dactylus at about a third distance from base with a large quadrangular tooth, remaining margin with medium-sized granules. Meri, carpi and propodi of ambulatory legs with thick hair on upper margins and upper surfaces. (Türkay 1995)
Type locality: Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia.
Range: Gulf of Aden - Durbo (Vannini & Valmori, 1981); India - Okha (Chhapgar, 1957); Mergui Archipelago (Kemp, 1919); Japan - Amami-Oshima (Takeda, 1981b); Philippines - Mindanao (Barnes, 1970); Indonesia - Ambon (Rathbun, 1910b, 1913), Ambon and Ternate (Barnes, 1970); Australia - Darwin (Barnes, 1967).