Significance of the sexual openings and supplementary structures on the phylogeny of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), with new nomina for higher-ranked podotreme taxa
Author
GUINOT, DANIÈLE
Author
TAVARES, MARCOS
Author
CASTRO, PETER
text
Zootaxa
2013
2013-05-29
3665
1
1
414
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3665.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3665.1.1
1175-5326
5276390
8358B363-BEE3-416D-96CA-8614E38B61D5
Family
Pilumnoididae
The male gonopore is coxal. The penis emerges from the large gonopore situated on the P5 coxo-sternal condyle in close proximity to the distal extremity of the condyle, more precisely on its anterior margin; the thick and recurved remaining condylar portion articulates on sternite 8 (
Guinot 1979a
: fig. 21A;
Guinot & Macpherson 1987
: fig. 1) (see
Modalities of penis protection
:
Condylar protection
).
The precise relationships of the family remain unknown (
Guinot & Macpherson 1987
), with, however, larval results suggesting affinities with
Carpiliidae (
Luppi
et al
. 2010
)
.