Dorippe judicis Gripp, 1964

Dorippe judicis Gripp, 1964: 105, 106, pl. 17, fig. 7a, b. — Sasaki 2019: 7774.

REMARKS

Dorippe judicis, from the Lower Miocene of northern Germany, represented by a carapace and a partially dorsally exposed pleon, is a poorly known species as most palaeontologists have not treated it (e.g. not listed by Schweitzer et al. 2010, 2021), with the exception of Polkowsky (2014: 125). The wider than long and short carapace, without lateral spine, the wide front, the two deep main grooves, easily identifiable with the precervical and cervical grooves of Recent Dorippidae (see Interpretation of grooves on the carapace dorsal surface in Dorippidae), leading to a strongly subdivided dorsal surface with a prominent, three-ridged cardiac region, the absence of tubercles or granules, and the first dorsally exposed pleonal somites are typical dorippid characters (Fig. 40A). We would not agree with Müller (2006: 42) followed by Jagt et al. (2015) that it could be an ethusid. It cannot be a species of Dorippe or a representative of Dorippinae n. stat. (Fig. 3A). Gripp (1964: 106, as Dorippe lanata) compared it with the extant Medorippe lanata (Fig. 3C) and with the Miocene Dorippe fankhauseri (see above). The genus needs to be clarified.