Biology:Dromia

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Short description: Genus of crabs

Dromia
Dromia personata.jpg
Dromia personata
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Dromia

Weber, 1795
Type species
Cancer personatus

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

Wikidata ☰ Q3933491 entry