Henderson, 1893
The dorsal surface of carapace extremely uneven, the protogastric and epibranchial regions being somewhat convex and nodular and the hepatic regions strongly depressed as usual. No spines in the median line of the carapace. The antero-lateral borders are coarsely granulated but not armed with spines as in its congeners excepting the two spines near the lateral angle of the branchial region (in Indian species, there is also another dorsal branchial spine). On the posterior border are three smooth pearl-like globules, which are characteristic of this species.
The pseudorostral spines are long and almost vertically deflexed, their tips indistinctly four-lobed, of which the median two are obtuse and directed downwards, while the outer ones are projected outwards. The basal segment of antenna much resembles that of Micippa philyra. Chelipeds are very slender and unarmed; the merus of the ambulatory legs is strongly depressed and foliaceous, having a terminal tooth on the posterior border. (Sakai, 1938: 317)
Type locality: Gulf of Martaban.
Range: Seychelles (Rathbun, 1911); Mauritius (Griffin & Tranter, 1986a); Cargados Carajos (Rathbun, 1911); Maldives (Alcock, 1895a); Sri Lanka - (Alcock, 1895a), Trincomalee and Pearl Banks (Griffin & Tranter, 1986a); Andaman Islands (Alcock, 1895a); Gulf of Martaban (Henderson, 1893); Japan - Shimoda (Sakai, 1938a), Sagami Bay and Izu Peninsula (Sakai, 1976a); Sulu Archipelago - North Ubian and Pulu Tongkil (Griffin & Tranter, 1986a); 11-85 m.