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
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Zoosystema
2005
27
2
267
342
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5397969
1638-9387
5397969
Frodromia
?
atypica
(Sakai, 1936)
Ovigerous female 10.6 × 9.9 mm,
New Caledonia
, Halipro 1, stn CP 868, McLay det. 1995 (MNHN-B 26360). The specific identification needs to be confirmed.
The bulb of the spermatheca is inflated, markedly calcified, and the chamber is small (
Fig. 12B
). Despite the shortness of suture 7/8, there is a tube, which is very narrow and oblique. This arrangement is therefore similar to that of the
Dromiinae
.