A new species of Etisus H. Milne Edwards, 1834 is described from the New Caledonia lagoon. It is fully illustrated and compared with its closest congeners E. anaglyptus H. Milne Edwards, 1834 and E. rhynchophorus (A. Milne Edwards, 1873).
Crustacea, Brachyura, Xanthidae, Etisus, new species, New Caledonia