Subfamily Notopodinae Serène & Umali, 1972

Cosmonotus grayi [from Adams & White 1848: pl. 13 fig. 3]

Museums

Regional Maps

• Notopodinae Serène, R. & Umali, A.F. 1972. The family Raninidae and other new and rare species of Brachyuran Decapods from the Philippines and adjacent regions. Philippine Journal of Science 99(1–2): 21-105, text-figs 1-131 pls 1-9 [29] [recte Notopinae].

  Type genus:

   Notopus De Haan, 1841.
• Cosmonotini Števčić, 2005.

Diagnosis

Ocular peduncle folding strongly and obliquely backward and downward. Thoracic sternum anteriorly enlarged, markedly narrowing posteriorly, with very narrow gap between coxae of pereiopods 2, 3, and 4. Oblique rim on proximal part of ischium of third maxilliped. Chelipeds with short flattened propodus; dactylus very short, bent against anterior border of palm; fixed finger very short. Spermathecal apertures close together, longitudinal in outline. (After Guinot 1993).

General References

Guinot, D. 1993. Données nouvelles sur les Raninoidea de Haan, 1841 (Crustacea Decapoda Brachyura Podotremata). Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 316: 1324-1331

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