Homolodromiidae

Homolodromiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Dromiacea
Superfamily: Homolodromioidea
Alcock, 1899
Family: Homolodromiidae
Alcock, 1899
Genera
  • Dicranodromia
  • Homolodromia
Synonyms

Homolodromidae Alcock, 1899

Homolodromiidae is a family of crabs, the only family in the superfamily Homolodromioidea.[1] In contrast to other crabs, including the closely related Homolidae, there is no strong linea homolica along which the exoskeleton breaks open during ecdysis.[2] The family comprises two genera, Dicranodromia, which has 18 species, and Homolodromia, with five species.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part 1. An Annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology: 1–286. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf. 
  2. ^ Carrie E. Schweitzer, Torrey G. Nyborg, R. M. Feldmann & Richard L. M. Ross (2004). "Homolidae de Haan, 1839 and Homolodromiidae Alcock, 1900 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Pacific Northwest of North America and a reassessment of their fossil records" (PDF). Journal of Palaeontology 78 (1): 133–149. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0133:HDHAHA>2.0.CO;2. http://arthroinfo.org/pdfs/10798/10798.pdf. 

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Superfamilies of Infraclass Brachyura (true crabs)
Kingdom Animalia · Phylum Arthropoda · Class Malacostraca · Order Decapoda · Suborder Pleocyemata
Dromiacea
Dakoticancroidea† · Dromioidea · Glaessneropsoidea† · Homolodromioidea · Homoloidea
Raninoida
Cyclodorippoida
Eubrachyura