This Majid crab has a long rostrum (over 1/2 as long as the rest of the carapace) composed of 2 slender, spinelike processes (photo). The processes are diverged from one another throughout most of their length. There is no promenent spine projecting laterally behind each eye (photo), though there is is smaller spine forming the back half of the eye orbit and a forward-projecting spine in front of the eye at the base of the rostrum. The carapace is pear-shaped, white with orange spines, with a width to 4.5 cm. The legs are long, fairly smooth, red with white bands, and rounded in cross-section. There are 2 white bands on the merus and 1 each on the carpus and on the propodus. The first walking leg is longer than the chelipeds.
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Kamui of the Okhotsk (1995)