(Rathbun, 1931)
Near Benthopanope indica but the carapace is somewhat flatter on posterior surface and less convex from side to side. The customary transverse ridges of dorsal surface are beaded with fine pearly granules. The anterior two of the antero-lateral teeth are broad and truncate on outer border, the third tooth also truncate but a little salient, the last one very small and acuminate. In both chelipeds, the wrist is sparingly granular; the outer surface of palm is thickly covered with fine granules but the surface near the lower border is generally smooth. (T. Sakai, 1939: 543)
Type locality: Shyago, Taiwan.
Range: Japan - Taniyama, Kagoshima Pref. (Rathbun, 1931), Nagasaki (Sakai, 1934a, 1939), Ariake-kai (Miyake, 1961), Fukuoka City, Bungo Takada and Sami, Okayama Pref. (Takeda & Miyake, 1969c), Shimabara Peninsula (Sakai, 1976a), Amakusa (Yamaguchi et al., 1976), Nanki Uchinoura (Miyake, 1983), Okukubi River, Okinawa (Shokita et al., 1998); Korea - Inch'on (Kamita, 1941), Daecheon, Yeong-jong Island, Gyeogpo Ri, Daehang Ri, and Sorog Island (Kim, 1973), Cheju-do (Kim & Chang, 1985); Taiwan - (Rathbun, 1931), Lan-Yü (Sakai, 1939, 1976, Lin, 1949); China - Fujian (Rathbun, 1931), Liaodong Peninsula and Shandong Peninsula (Shen, 1932), Muihwa, Fujian Province (Shen, 1940b); Indonesia - Ambon (Serène & Moosa, 1971).