Litosus sexspinosus

(Miers, 1884)

Carapace broadly rounded, smooth; supraocular eave with a preocular tooth; rostral lobes apically convex with a small spine on the lateral slope; antero-lateral margins with two obsolete teeth of which the posterior one may be subspiniform. Second segment of antennal peduncle only about 1/2 as long as last segment. Chelipeds much short than ambulatory legs, inner spine of carpus hardly reaching middle of palm, outer spine hardly developed, tubercle-shaped. Ambulatory legs relatively stout, dactyls much narrower than more proximal joints. First pleopod of male long and slender. (Türkay 1995)

Type locality: Friday Is., Australia.
Range: South India; Japan - Shimoda (Sakai, 1938a), Simoda and Kii Nagashima (Sakai, 1976a); China - Hainan Island (Dai & Yang, 1991); Indonesia - Kepulauan Aru (Griffin & Tranter, 1986a); Australia - Friday Island (Miers, 1884a), Broome and Carnarvon, W.A. (Griffin & Tranter, 1986a); 7-14 m.

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