Cryptodromia tuberculata Stimpson, 1858

Guinot, Danièle & Quenette, Gwenaël, 2005, The spermatheca in podotreme crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Podotremata) and its phylogenetic implications, Zoosystema 27 (2), pp. 267-342 : 286

Cryptodromia tuberculata Stimpson, 1858

Ovigerous female 9 × 10 mm, New Caledonia, Karembé, McLay det. (MNHN-B 26387) (not dissected).

Sutures 7/8 are long and end between P2 and P 1 in terminal apertures that stand apart on two strong tubercles. The phragmal sheets, which are distinctly raised, are disjoined along a more or less long distance and form wide opened slits, leaving visible the bottom of the spermathecal tube ( Fig. 27B ).

Figures

FIG. 27. — A, Homolodromia bouvieri Doflein, 1904 (Homolodromiidae), ovigerous female 33 × 26 mm, Madagascar (MNHN- B 28940), thoracic sternum (sternites 1-3 not drawn); B, Cryptodromia tuberculata Stimpson, 1858 (Dromiidae), ovigerous female 9 × 10 mm (with large eggs), New Caledonia, Karembé, McLay det. (MNHN-B 26387), spermathecal apertures as long opened slits. Abbreviations: a, spermathecal aperture; cx1-cx5, P1-P5 coxae; e4, e5, episternites 4, 5; g, female gonopore; sl, slit; t, tubercule; 4-8, sternites 4-8; 6/7, 7/8, thoracic sternal sutures 6/7, 7/8. Scale bar: A, 5 mm; B, 2.5 mm.