''Dromia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s in the family
Dromiidae
Dromiidae is a family of crabs, often referred to as sponge crabs. They are small or medium-sized crabs which get their name from the ability to shape a living sponge into a portable shelter for themselves.Encarta Reference Library Premium 2005 D ...
. It contains 6 extant species:
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Dromia bollorei''
Forest, 1974
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Dromia dormia
''Dromia dormia'', the sleepy sponge crab or common sponge crab, is the largest species of sponge crab. It grows to a carapace width of and lives in shallow waters across the Indo-Pacific region.
Distribution
''Dromia dormia'' has a widespread ...
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(Linnaeus, 1763)
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Dromia erythropus''
(George Edwards, 1771)
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Dromia marmorea''
Forest, 1974
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Dromia nodosa''
A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898
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Dromia personata
''Dromia personata,'' also known as the sponge crab or sleepy crab, is a species of crab found in the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and connecting parts of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. Like most other epibenthic crustaceans, the biomass ...
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(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
)
Two further species are known only from
fossil
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...
s.
References
Dromiacea
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