Homolodromiidae Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Systema Brachyurorum: Part 1. An Annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world . . 2008 . 1–286 . 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 .
  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 . . 78 . 1 . 133–149 . . 10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0133:HDHAHA>2.0.CO;2 .

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