Aretopsis amabilis

Aretopsis amabilis De Man, 1910

Aretopsis amabilis De Man, 1910:311 [type locality: Pulau Kaniungan-Ketjil, Makassar Strait coast of Borneo; reef]; 1911:171, pl. 4: fig. 14.—D.M. and A.H. Banner, 1973:330, fig. 12; 1981:40; 1985:33.

Aretopsis aegyptiaca Ramadan, 1936:16, pls. 1, 2: figs. 9–17 [type locality: Hurghada, Egypt].

DIAGNOSIS.—Rostrum triangular, slightly overreaching 1st antennular segment; carapace with suborbital tooth subrectangular; cornea more than exposed in dorsal aspect; 2nd antennular segment about as long as wide; basal antennal segment (basicerite) with strong ventral spine not reaching level of tip of stylocerite; antennal scale with lateral margin nearly straight, distolateral spine extending far beyond distal margin of blade; 1st pereopods asymmetrical, merus without distal tooth on inferior flexor margin; major chela with 1 or 2 large, blunt teeth on opposable margin of dactyl, fixed finger with deep basal sinus bounded by large tooth on each side, palm sharply carinate on margin proximal to fixed finger, bluntly carinate on opposite margin; minor chela about 2 times as long as wide, fingers about as long as palm, crossing at tips; 2nd pereopod with 5 carpal articles; 3rd pereopod with dactyl distinctly biunguiculate, propodus with 6–8 spines on flexor margin, carpus with distal spine on flexor margin, merus and ischium unarmed; maximum carapace length about 9 mm.

RANGE.—Red Sea to Okinawa, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, and Marshall Islands.