Raninoides bouvieri Capart, 1951

Guinot, Danièle & Quenette, Gwenaël, 2005, The spermatheca in podotreme crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Podotremata) and its phylogenetic implications, Zoosystema 27 (2), pp. 267-342 : 314

Raninoides bouvieri Capart, 1951

Female, approximately 17 mm width, Senegambia, Calypso 1956 , stn 4 (MNHN-B 16179). Sternites 4-6 form a flat shield, whereas posterior part of sternites 6 and 7 is narrower; sternite 8 is horseshoe-shaped ( Fig. 26A ). Median line longitudinally divides sternites 5 to 8. The small spermathecae are located in the tilted posterior part of the sternal plate and lie at the bottom of the deep pit-like depression, so that they are not obvious. The axial skeleton shows the typical and unique arrangement of the raninoids ( Fig. 26B ).

Figures

FIG. 26. — Raninoides bouvieri (Capart, 1951) (Raninoidinae), female approximately 17 mm width, Senegambia (MNHN-B 16179); A, thoracic sternum; B, axial skeleton. Abbreviations: a.c.2, arthrodial cavity of P2; cx1, cx3, P1, P3 coxae; l.m., median line; s, approximate location of the paired spermathecae; 1-3, thoracic sternites 1-3; 4-6, thoracic sternites 4-6. Scale bars: 5 mm.