The spermatheca in podotreme crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Podotremata) and its phylogenetic implications Author Guinot, Danièle Author Quenette, Gwenaël Histoire naturelle, Département Milieux et Peuplements aquatiques, case postale 53, 61 rue Buffon, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) guinot @ mnhn. fr guinot@mnhn.fr text Zoosystema 2005 27 2 267 342 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5397969 1638-9387 5397969 Homola ranunculus Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995 Female 41.4 × 38.1 mm, New Caledonia , stn CC1 (MNHN-B 19869). Sternite 8 shows a relatively long median line, and the sterno-abdominal notch is not very deep. The spermatheca occupies about half of the suture 7/8. A wide membranous area, which belongs to sternite 7, is followed by a long slit along suture 7/8; another membranous area, belonging to sternite 8, is more internal and oblique inside the slit. The aperture is slit-like and concealed. The inner wall of the chamber is soft and slightly wrinkled; the external wall is not so flexible. The skeleton ( Fig. 18 ) shows the connections by interfingering, typical for homoloids.