Dromiacea is a group of crabs, ranked as a section. It contains 240 extant and nearly 300 extinct species. Dromiacea is the most basal grouping of Brachyura...
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, 2019. Brachyura is separated into several sections, with the basal Dromiacea diverging the earliest in the evolutionary history, around the Late Triassic...
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In the waters in and around New Zealand, 77 living species of crabs (and 10 species of crab-like Anomura) have been recorded, along with a further 24 species...
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Paguroidea Latreille, 1802 Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Section Dromiacea De Haan, 1833 Dromioidea De Haan, 1833 Homolodromioidea Alcock, 1900 Homoloidea...
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(Decapoda: Brachyura) Although they are classified as crabs, the larvae of Dromiacea are similar to those of the Anomura, which led many scientists to place...
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Dromioidea (category Dromiacea)
belongs to the group Dromiacea, taxonomically ranked as a section, which is the most basal grouping of Brachyura crabs. Dromiacea likely diverged from...
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Cyclodorippoidea (Cyclodorippoida) Homolodromioidea (Dromiacea) Dromioidea (Dromiacea) Homoloidea (Dromiacea) Raninoidea (Raninoida) Here is a cladogram showing...
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Gordonopsis (category Dromiacea)
Gordonopsis is a genus of deep sea crabs in the family Homolidae. The Homolidae are also known as carrier crabs or porter crabs for their fifth pereiopods...
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Lamarckdromia beagle (category Dromiacea)
Lamarckdromia beagle (often called fluffy crab) is a crab species in the family Dromiidae, described in 2022. Lamarckdromia beagle usually is 4–9 cm (1...
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Dromiidae (category Dromiacea)
Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura Section: Dromiacea Superfamily: Dromioidea Family: Dromiidae De Haan, 1833...
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Avitelmessus (category Dromiacea)
Avitelmessus is an extinct genus of crab from the Late Cretaceous Peedee Formation and Ripley Formation of the United States. The type and only species...
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Lauridromia (category Dromiacea)
Lauridromia is a genus of crabs in the family Dromiidae. It contains only two species. At one time a third species, Lauridromia indica, was included in...
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Homoloidea (category Dromiacea)
Homoloidea belongs the group Dromiacea, taxonomically ranked as a section, and is the sister group to Dromioidea. Dromiacea is the most basal grouping of...
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Homolidae (category Dromiacea)
Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura Section: Dromiacea Superfamily: Homoloidea Family: Homolidae De Haan, 1839...
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Dromia personata (category Dromiacea)
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...
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(2025). "First report of Jurassic Anomura (Galatheoidea) and Brachyura (Dromiacea, Goniodromitidae) in Russia". Journal of Paleontology: 1–12. doi:10.1017/jpa...
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Paromola japonica (category Dromiacea)
Paromola japonica, the Japanese deepwater carrier crab, is a species of crab in the family Homolidae. It has been found in Hawaii, Indonesia, Japan and...
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Jurellana (category Dromiacea)
Jurellana tithonia, the only species in the genus Jurellana, is a fossil crab. It was found in limestone rocks from the Ernstbrunn Formation in Austria...
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Dromia (category Dromiacea)
Dromia is a genus of crabs in the family Dromiidae. It contains the following species: Dromia bollorei Forest, 1974 †Dromia corvini Bittner, 1893 Dromia...
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(2024). "Revision of and additions to early Cenozoic Brachyura (Crustacea: Dromiacea: Eubrachyura) from the USA". Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum. 51...
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Gordonopsis mazupo (category Dromiacea)
Gordonopsis mazupo is a species of deep sea crab. It was discovered in the South China Sea in 2021 and described as a new species in 2024. Gordonopsis...
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Moreiradromia antillensis (category Dromiacea)
Moreiradromia antillensis is a species of decapods in the family sponge crab. This species lives in the Western and central Atlantic Ocean. The carapace...
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Furred sponge crab (category Dromiacea)
The furred sponge crab, Pseudodromia latens, is a species of crab in the family Dromiidae, often referred to as sponge crabs. This sponge crab grows up...
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Latreilliidae (category Dromiacea)
Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura Section: Dromiacea Superfamily: Homoloidea Family: Latreilliidae Stimpson, 1858 Genera †Belos...
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Hirsutodynomene (category Dromiacea)
Hirsutodynomene is a genus of crabs in the family Dynomenidae. All species in this genus except the newest one belonged to the genus Dynomene. These two...
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