Dorippe sinica Chen, 1980

Guinot, Danièle, 2023, A new subfamily classification of the highly diversified Dorippidae H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Dorippoidea), using morphological, molecular and palaeotonlogical data, with special emphasis on its unique female reproductive system, Zoosystema 45 (9), pp. 225-372 : 360

Dorippe sinica Chen, 1980

Dorippe (Dorippe) sinica Chen, 1980: 154 , fig. 1, pl. 1.

Dorippe sinica – Karasawa et al. 2021: 139, 146, pl. 2, fig. 20. — Ando et al. 2022: 132, pl. 2, fig. A.

REMARKS

Two carapace fragments allocated to the Recent species Dorippe sinica are shown in the Illustrated catalogue of Decapoda from the Middle Pleistocene Atsumi Group, Japan by Karasawa et al. (2021). The strongly tuberculated carapace, although it appears longer and too narrow anteriorly, is reminiscent of the extant Dorippe sinica ( Fig. 10C, D ), very common in Japan. Dorippe sinica was recently found in Holocene deposits in the Shimizu Port, Shizuoka City, Japan (Ando et al. 2022: 132, pl. 2, fig. A). The species belongs to the Dorippinae n. stat..

Figures

FIG. 10. — Dorippinae H. Milne Edwards, 1837 n. stat.: habitus: A, B, Dorippe quadridens (Fabricius,1793):A, ♂ 36.3 × 38.1 mm, China Sea near Singapore, Hee Huat, ZRC 1984. 6308; B, ♀ 29.5 × 30 mm, NW Madagascar, Ambaro Bay, MNHN-IU-2018-5193 (= MNHN-B18279). C, D, Dorippe sinica Chen, 1980, China, Guangdong, Nanao Island, ZRC 1999.0470: C, ♂ 36.2 × 39.5 mm; D, ♀ 34.8 × 38.9 mm, specimen brushed.