Miers, 1884
Carapace covered with short hairs, 3 pairs of gastric ridges, epibranchial ridges interrupted by cervical grooves and also mesially, 2 broad cardiac ridges interrupted mesially, mesobranchial ridges short but conspicuous; front with 2 lobes, which are anteriorly concave, front may thus be interpreted as bi- or quadrilobate; 5 antero-lateral teeth, fourth by far the smallest. Basal antennal joint with a raised crest bearing 3-4 spines. Upper surface of cheliped palm with 2 spines on anterior and 2 on posterior borders, respectively; inner face with a central longitudinal granular ridge, beneath it finer granules also arranged longitudinally. Posterior border of propodus of swimming leg with 8 irregularly spaced teeth. Male first pleopod short and stout, slightly curved; inner surface with 4 very long and stout terminal bristles, followed by 2 hairs; outer surface with about 14 terminal bristles. (Türkay 1995)
Front 4-lobed; median frontal lobes much broader than laterals; 5 antero-lateral teeth; fourth antero-lateral tooth smaller than fifth; outer surface of hand of cheliped bearing granular carinae; basal antennal joint bearing crest with row of 3 large spines. (Davie 1999)
Type locality: Seychelles.
Range: Red Sea - Jeddah (Apel & Spiridonov, 1998); Gulf of Aden - Djibouti (Apel & Spiridonov, 1998); Mayotte (Crosnier & Thomassin, 1974); Madagascar (Apel & Spiridonov, 1998); Seychelles (Miers, 1884b, Apel & Spiridonov, 1998); Cargados Carajos Islands (Rathbun, 1911); Mauritius (Stephenson, 1972a); Gulf of Oman (Apel & Spiridonov, 1998); Maldives - Fadiffolu and North Male (Apel & Spiridonov, 1998); Andaman Islands (Alcock, 1899a); Japan - Yoron-jima and Ishigaki-jima (Sakai, 1976a), Kakeroma-jima near Amami-Oshima (Takeda, 1989); Philippines; Indonesia - Banda (Stephenson, 1972a), Kepulauan Tanimbar and Kera near Timor (Stephenson, 1975), Larentuka, Flores (Apel & Spiridonov, 1998); Papua New Guinea - Ralum (Apel & Spiridonov, 1998); Palau (Stephenson & Rees, 1967); Australia - Torres Strait, Lady Musgrave Island and Green I. near Cairns, Queensland (Stephenson & Hudson, 1957); Marshall Islands - Bikini Atoll and Rongelap Atoll (Stephenson, 1976); Kiribati; Tuamotu Archipelago; 5-25 m.