Species list, Checklist of Section Dromiacea for California (West USA, USA)

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Checklist for Section Dromiacea Da Haan, 1833
and region California (West USA, USA)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	255 733 1399	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	254 732 1392	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	91 251 522	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	90 246 513	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	84 235 492	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	45 128 214	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Dromiacea Da Haan, 1833	3 3 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for California
2 Families width 3 Species

Homolidae De Haan, 1839	Carrier crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Dromiidae De Haan, 1833	Sponge crabs	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for California
2 Genera with 3 Species

Moloha Barnard, 1921		1	Species	Taxom
Moreiradromia Guinot & Tav..., 1910		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for California
3 Species

Moloha faxoni Schmitt, 1921	Pacific carrier crab
Moreiradromia sarraburei Rathbun, 1910

Subnodes of Dromiacea with occurrences in California

Superfamily	Dromioidea De Haan, 1833	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Homoloidea De Haan, 1839	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Dromiacea at marinespecies.org
Dromiacea at marinespecies.org