Dromia Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Peter Davie & Michael Türkay . 2011 . Dromia Weber, 1795 . 106865 . November 28, 2011.
2. . 2009 . Suppl. 21 . 1–109 . A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . Sammy De Grave . N. Dean Pentcheff . Shane T. Ahyong . etal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf . 2011-06-06 .