Penaeus {Litopenaeus) schmitti 



Burkenroad 1936 



Figures lA,B, 13-15 



Spermatophore 



The compound spermatophore consists of a 

 geminate body produced in a pair of anterolateral 

 wings, flanked caudolaterally by flanges 

 broadened posteriorly and bearing wide lateral 

 flaps (Figure 13A, B). 



Anteriorly, the thick, opaque ventral wall of 

 each spermatophore is truncate and strongly 

 inclined dorsally (Figure 14A); posteriorly, it is 

 imperceptibly continuous with the thick portion of 

 the lateral wall, both turning abruptly dorsad 

 forming the fundus of the sac. The lateral wall 

 bears a small, blunt to acute caudal projection, just 



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before joining the flange. The flange is narrow and 

 horizontal anteriorly, it becomes progressively 

 broader posteriorly, and turning mesially is 

 deflected ventrally becoming almost perpen- 

 dicular to its anterior portion. The lateral wall is 

 bounded dorsolaterally by a fine rib that serves as 

 base for the anterior part of a long blade. The 

 blade is divided by a deep horizontal incision. The 

 anterior part is narrow and convex at its cephalic 

 extremity, then broadens abruptly and reaches the 

 flange where its free caudal margin overhangs 

 (ventrally) the cephalic margin of the posterior 

 part. The posterior part, in turn, is narrow and 

 runs along the lateral border of the flange, taper- 

 ing caudally. The flange bears a broad, lateral flap 

 which is produced anteriorly in a narrow strip 

 running laterally along the sac; the broad portion 

 of the flap is strengthened by a subtriangular 



FiGUUB 13.-Pe?uieu« (Z/ttop«na«u«) tcKmitti Burkenroad. A, Compound spermatophore attached to female, $34 mm cl, off Tucuracas, 

 Penfnsula de la Guajira, Colombia. B, Ventrolateral view of compound spermatophore dislodged from female, 9 off Honduras. C, Dorsal 

 view of same specimen (anterodorsal extremity missing). 



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