Pilumnoididae, Guinot & Macpherson, 1987

GUINOT, DANIÈLE, TAVARES, MARCOS & CASTRO, PETER, 2013, Significance of the sexual openings and supplementary structures on the phylogeny of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), with new nomina for higher-ranked podotreme taxa, Zootaxa 3665 (1), pp. 1-414 : 134

Family Pilumnoididae

The male gonopore is coxal. The penis emerges from the large gonopore situated on the P5 coxo-sternal condyle in close proximity to the distal extremity of the condyle, more precisely on its anterior margin; the thick and recurved remaining condylar portion articulates on sternite 8 ( Guinot 1979a: fig. 21A; Guinot & Macpherson 1987: fig. 1) (see Modalities of penis protection: Condylar protection).

The precise relationships of the family remain unknown ( Guinot & Macpherson 1987), with, however, larval results suggesting affinities with Carpiliidae ( Luppi et al. 2010) .