Phyllodorippe armata ( Miers, 1881 )

Muñoz, Isabel, García-Raso, J. Enrique, Chillón, Begoña Sánchez & Cuesta, Jose A., 2025, Marine crabs from African waters housed in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC): An opportunity for biogeographic and systematic studies. Part I: Heterotremata (Decapoda, Brachyura), European Journal of Taxonomy 996, pp. 1-94 : 16-19

Phyllodorippe armata ( Miers, 1881)

Figs 16−17

Material examined

GHANA • 1 ♂ (10.5×8.3); 1993; MNCN20.04/41937 • 2 ♂♂ (6 ×6.7, 11.1 ×9.3), 1 ♀ ov. (10.9 ×8.7); 1993; depth 7−10 m; MNCN20.04/41929 • 7 ♂♂ (min. 7.1×6.4; max. 12.1 ×9.6), 7 ♀♀ (min. 8× 5.9; max. 12.1 ×10.8); Mar. 1993; MNCN20.04/41922 .

MOROCCO − Larache • 5 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ ov.; 1955; MNCN20.04/10285 .

Remarks

All the specimens of this species were mixed with other species and located in the wrong families. The MNCN20.04/10285 specimens were unidentified within Majidae , the MNCN20.04/41937 specimens included in Polybiidae , and the MNCN20.04/41922 specimens, were mixed with other decapods under the generic identification of Decapoda . Phyllodorippe armata has a known distribution from the Western Sahara to Angola. This genus was described by Manning & Holthuis (1981) as Medorippe (formerly Dorippe ).

This work provides the first record of P. armata in Moroccan waters. Besides, this record expands the distribution of this species northward.

For identification see also Chen (1987) and Sin et al. (2009).

Figures

Fig. 16. Phyllodorippe armata (Miers, 1881). A−C. Specimen MNCN20.04/41937. D−H. Specimens MNCN20.04/41929. I−M. Specimens MNCN20.04/10285. Scale bars = 0.5 cm.

Fig. 17. Phyllodorippe armata (Miers, 1881), specimens MNCN20.04/41922. Scale bars = 0.5 cm.