(Laurie, 1906)
Carapace approximately as wide as long; antero-lateral borders armed with three acute equidistant teeth of similar size; postero-lateral tooth directed obliquely forward. Rostrum tridentate, lateral teeth longer than median one, this last one not visible dorsally. Inner margin of dactyli of second and third pereiopods with 5-8 small spines; outer margins of propodi of third and fourth pereiopods with spines; outer margin of dactyli of fifth pereiopods with a spine. (Türkay 1995)
Type locality: off Galle, Sri Lanka.
Range: Madagascar (Lewinsohn, 1984); Seychelles (Lewinsohn, 1984); Sri Lanka - off Galle (Laurie, 1906); Japan - Tateyama Bay, Sagami Bay, off Wakayama, Gobo, and Nanki Shirahama (Sakai, 1936c), Tokyo Bay, Sagami Bay, Wagu, Kii Nagashima, Kii Minabe, Sakaihama, Shirahama, and Tosa Bay (Sakai, 1976a), Amakusa (Yamaguchi et al., 1976), Nanki Kushimoto (Miyake, 1983); Taiwan - Tingch'ieting (Lin, 1949); Macclesfield Bank (McLay, 1998); Nansha Islands (Yang S. & Dai, 1994); Philippines - Mindoro Strait (McLay, 1993); Indonesia - south of Timor (Ihle, 1913); Australia - Caloundra, Queensland (Campbell, 1971), Holothuria Bank (McLay, 1998); Bellona Plateau (McLay, 1993); Chesterfield Islands (McLay, 1993); New Caledonia (McLay, 1993); 7-150 m.