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 Dicranodromia doederleini Ortmann, 1892 Female 21.2 × 14 mm (partly dissected out by Bouvier), near Tokyo (MNHN-B 21683). Sutures 7/8 of the thoracic sternum converge medially and end in apertures situated slightly behind the level of P3 coxae. Spermathecal apertures are tiny and each is surrounded by a salient transversal thickening (Guinot 1995: fig. 12C). The presence of a well visible spermathecal tube is confirmed, in accordance with the hypothesis of Gordon (1950: 25) who predicted the presence a very short tube in Dicranodromia baffini Alcock & Anderson, 1899 . Skeletal connections occur by interfingering.