Dromia

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Dromia
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Dromia personata
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Dromiidae
Subfamily: Dromiinae
Genus: Dromia
Weber, 1795
Type species
Cancer personatus

Dromia is a genus of crabs in the family Dromiidae. It contains the following species: [1] [2]

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References

  1. De Grave, Sammy (2 December 2019). "Dromia Weber, 1795". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  2. 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.