Moloha aff. majora (Kubo, 1936)

Guinot, Danièle & Quenette, Gwenaël, 2005, The spermatheca in podotreme crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Podotremata) and its phylogenetic implications, Zoosystema 27 (2), pp. 267-342 : 303

Moloha aff. majora (Kubo, 1936)

Ovigerous female 47 × 42.3 mm, New Caledonia, BIOCAL, stn CP 105 (MNHN-B 13807).

The external part of the spermatheca is markedly conspicuous ( Fig. 19 ); the slit-like aperture, between the two membranous parts of sternites 7 and 8 respectively, is very deep. It internally corresponds to a large chamber.

Figures

FIG. 19. — Moloha majora (Kubo, 1936), ovigerous female 43.8 × 38.6 mm, Japan, Sagami Bay (MNHN-B 24798), thoracic sternum (median junction of the two symmetrical parts of sternite 8 not visible). Abbreviations: cx1-cx5, coxae of P1-P5; e6, episternites 6; g, female gonopore; m7, poorly calcified part belonging to sternite 7; m8, membranous part of inclined sternite 8; p, denticulate process of lateral part of suture 6/7; t7, thinly calcified anteromedian part of sternite 7; 4-8, thoracic sternites 4-8; 4/5-7/8, sternal sutures 4/5 to 7/8. Scale bar: 1 cm.