Homolodromiidae
Appearance
Homolodromiidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Section: | Dromiacea |
Superfamily: | Homolodromioidea Alcock, 1899 |
Family: | Homolodromiidae Alcock, 1899 |
Genera | |
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
[edit]- ^ 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" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ 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 Paleontology. 78 (1): 133–149. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0133:HDHAHA>2.0.CO;2.
External links
[edit]Data related to Homolodromiidae at Wikispecies