Dana, 1852
Front 6-lobed; carapace broad, first antero-lateral tooth entire; fourth antero-lateral tooth large; ridge on basal antennal joint with spines; 4 to 7 large spines on upper surface of hand of cheliped. (Davie 1999)
Type locality: Fiji.
Range: Mergui Archipelago - Elphinstone Island; West Malay Peninsula - Thailand (Stephenson, 1972a); Taiwan - Ping-tung Province, Wanlitung, and Chi-lung (Huang & Yu, 1997); China - Hainan Island (Dai & Yang, 1991); Philippines; Singapore - (Stephenson, 1972a), Pulau Pawai (Shen, 1937); Philippines - Zamboanga and Dinagat (Stephenson, 1972a), Cebu (Stephenson, 1976); Indonesia - Noordwachter Island (de Man, 1888d), Kepulauan Kai and Doe Roa (Stephenson, 1972a), Maratua (Stephenson, 1975); Palau (Takeda & Shimazaki, 1974); Australia - Cape York and Torres Strait (Stephenson & Hudson, 1957), Great Barrier Reef; New Caledonia; Fiji - (Dana, 1852), Suva (Stephenson, 1972a); 30 m.