Notopoides latus Henderson, 1888

Guinot, Danièle & Quenette, Gwenaël, 2005, The spermatheca in podotreme crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Podotremata) and its phylogenetic implications, Zoosystema 27 (2), pp. 267-342 : 315-316

Notopoides latus Henderson, 1888

Female, approximately 29 × 22 mm Philippines, MUSORSTOM 2, stn 57 (MNHN-B 11556).

T h e r e i s a n o v a l a n d a v e r y d e e p m e d i a n depression in the anterior part of sternite 7, which is wider and more elongated than in Raninoides . The apertures are located on opposite sides of this depression. The pocket seems very small.

THE SPERMATHECAE

IN THE FOSSIL PODOTREME FAMILIES

The spermathecal apertures have been positively identified in two fossil families, both from the Cretaceous.