Dynomenidae Explained

Dynomenidae is a family of crabs in the superfamily Dromioidea mostly found in Madagascar. There are nineteen genera in this family: five extant and fourteen known from fossils:^[1]

• Acanthodromia A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
• Dynomene Desmarest, 1823
• Hirsutodynomene McLay, 1999
• Metadynomene McLay, 1999
• Paradynomene Sakai, 1963
• †Acanthodiaulax Schweitzer et al., 2003
• †Basinotopus M'Coy, 1849
• †Cyamocarcinus Bittner, 1883
• †Dromiopsis Reuss, 1858
• †Dynomenopsis Secretan, 1972
• †Eotrachynotocarcinus Beschin et al., 2007
• †Gemmellarocarcinus Checchia-Rispoli, 1905
• †Graptocarcinus Roemer, 1887
• †Kierionopsis Davidson, 1966
• †Maurimia Martins-Neto, 2001
• †Ovamene Müller & Collins, 1991
• †Stephanometopon Bosquet, 1854
• †Trechmannius Collins & Donovan, 2006
• †Xandaros Bishop, 1988

Further reading

• . 2008 . 17 . 1–286 . Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world . Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf . 2011-06-06 .

Notes and References

1. . 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 .