Dromia
| Dromia | |
|---|---|
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| Dromia personata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Dromiidae |
| Genus: | Dromia Weber, 1795 |
| Type species | |
| Cancer personatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Dromia is a genus of crabs in the family Dromiidae. It contains 6 extant species:[1]
- Dromia bollorei Forest, 1974
- Dromia dormia (Linnaeus, 1763)
- Dromia erythropus (George Edwards, 1771)
- Dromia marmorea Forest, 1974
- Dromia nodosa A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898
- Dromia personata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Two further species are known only from fossils.[2]
References
- ↑ Peter Davie & Michael Türkay (2011). "Dromia Weber, 1795". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
- ↑ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
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