Dromia
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| Genus: | Dromia Weber, 1795
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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
[edit]- ^ Peter Davie & Michael Türkay (2011). "Dromia Weber, 1795". WoRMS. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
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