Paradorippe sp.

Guinot, Danièle, 2023, A new subfamily classification of the highly diversified Dorippidae H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Dorippoidea), using morphological, molecular and palaeotonlogical data, with special emphasis on its unique female reproductive system, Zoosystema 45 (9), pp. 225-372 : 362

Paradorippe sp.

Paradorippe sp. – Karasawa & Nobuhara 2008: 25, fig. 2.12, 13. — Schweitzer et al. 2010: 80.

REMARKS

A Paradorippe without specific identification has been recorded from the Pliocene of the Ryukyus, Japan. The specimens consist of a broken granular carapace, a well preserved male thoracic sternum and a male pleon (not shown). The thoracic sternum displays the curved suture 4/5 including the press-button: its finely granular surface with an oblique suture 4/5 instead of horizontal as in P. granulata ( Fig. 26 B-D) does not allow a definite assignment to this species, and we agree with Karasawa & Nobuhara (2008) that a specific identification awaits the discovery of a better preserved carapace.

Figures

FIG. 26. — Paradorippinae n. subfam. Paradorippe granulata (De Haan, 1841): A-C, ovigerous ♀ 23.2 × 25.7 mm, Japan, off Hota, ZRC 1999.0082. D, ♀ 22.7 × 24, 7 mm, China, Tuandao, off Quingdao, MNHN-IU-2016-10753. A, anterior ventral view; B, C, thoracic sternum and pleon; D, vulvae.