(Dana, 1852)
The antero-lateral margins of the carapace have, behind the exorbital angle, 10-11 short and blunt teeth of irregular sizes, resulting in the subdivision of the usual teeth (2 and 3 for example being tricuspid). The surface of the carapace has the regions defined and coarsely punctate. The chelipeds have their supero-external surfaces coarsely reticulated. (Serène, 1984: 182)
Type locality: Mangsi Island.
Range: Madagascar - Fort-Dauphin (Serène, 1984); Iles Glorieuses (Serène, 1984); Mauritius (Bouvier, 1915b, Michel, 1964); Seychelles - Praslin (Rathbun, 1911); Chagos Archipelago - Peros Banhos (Rathbun, 1911); Andaman Islands (Alcock, 1898); Mergui Archipelago (Alcock, 1898); Sumatra - Banda Aceh; Japan - Ryukyu-shoto; Taiwan; China - Paracel Islands (Dai & Yang, 1991); Balabac Strait - Mangsi Island (Dana, 1852); Indonesia - west Celebes; Palau (Sendler, 1923, Takeda & Hayashi, 1973, Takeda, 1976a); Australia; New Caledonia; Kermadec Islands (Chilton, 1911); Hawaiian Islands (Rathbun, 1906); Line Islands - Palmyra (Edmondson, 1923).