Nobili, 1906
Carapace only with epibranchial ridge, this last one interrupted medially; front 4-lobed; median frontal lobes much broader than laterals; 4 antero-lateral teeth, third rudimentary to reduced. Basal antennal joint with short smooth curved crest. Upper surface of cheliped palm with one median spine and 3 blunt tubercles near distal end of posterior border, similar tubercles also on anterior border; inner face smooth. Posterior border of propodus of swimming leg with 4-10 sharp spines. Male first pleopod very stout, only slightly curved, tip ending obliquely and abruptly; inner surface with 6-7 terminal spiniform bristles; outer surface with 12-15 terminal bristles. (Türkay 1995, Davie 1999)
Type locality: Tuamotu Archipelago.
Range: Mozambique - Inhaca Island (Barnard, 1950); Mayotte (Crosnier, 1962); Madagascar - Nosy Bé, Mitsio, and banc de Pracel (Crosnier, 1962); Amirante Islands (Rathbun, 1911); Cargados Carajos Islands (Rathbun, 1911); Japan - Sagami Bay and Yoron-jima (Sakai, 1976a); Indonesia - Kera near Timor (Stephenson, 1975); Australia - Dunwich, Moreton Bay, Hope I., Lizard I., Direction I., Port Jackson, Shellharbour (Stephenson & Hudson, 1957), Yampi Sound (Stephenson, 1961); Lord Howe Island (Stephenson & Hudson, 1957); Kiribati; Tuamotu Archipelago (Nobili, 1906); 35-85 m.