Size: around 2.1 cm to 6 cm.
Key Features: Dark olive green carapace with a large round red blot on the branchial regions; chelipeds pale flesh colour; fingers at proximal half purple red, distal half and the teeth black; spines reddish at base; legs reddish covered with red dots.
Habitat: Inhabits bottoms of rock or coral reefs at 10-30 meters in depth
Conservation status: Not evaluated
Distribution in the GoK: reported along the coast of Chank, Gandiya kadu, Panero and Chusana region.
References:
Desmond P.C. Wee and Peter K.L. Ng (1995) Swimming Crabs of the Genera Charybdis De Haan, 1833, and Thalamita Latreille, 1829 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) from Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore
Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Project, Second Interim Progress Report, GEER Foundation, June 2012