Species list, Checklist of Section Dromiacea for Zanzibar Archipelago (Tanzania)

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Checklist for Section Dromiacea Da Haan, 1833
and region Zanzibar Archipelago (Tanzania)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	109 274 393	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	108 273 392	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	63 200 306	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	63 200 306	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	58 185 283	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	34 116 162	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Dromiacea Da Haan, 1833	2 6 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Zanzibar Archipelago
2 Families width 4 Species

Dromiidae De Haan, 1833	Sponge crabs	4	Species	Taxom
Homolidae De Haan, 1839	Carrier crabs	0	Species	Taxom

Genera for Zanzibar Archipelago
6 Genera with 4 Species

Species list for Zanzibar Archipelago
4 Species

Alcockdromia fallax Latreille, 1812	Sponge Crab
Cryptodromia pentagonalis Hilgendorf, 1879
Dromia dehaani (Rathbun, 1923)	⇒ Lauridromia dehaani Rathbun, 1923
Dromidiopsis indica Gray, 1831

Subnodes of Dromiacea with occurrences in Zanzibar Archipelago

Superfamily	Dromioidea De Haan, 1833	1 5 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Homoloidea De Haan, 1839	1 1 0	Family Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Dromiacea at marinespecies.org
Dromiacea at marinespecies.org