AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Family Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 (Sponge crabs)
and region Cape Town (Western Cape)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
55
75
94
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
54
74
92
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
20
24
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
20
24
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
16
19
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
9
11
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Dromiacea
Da Haan, 1833
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dromioidea
De Haan, 1833
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyDromiidae
De Haan, 1833
Sponge crabs
1
1
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape Town
1 Genera with 1 Species
Pseudodromia Stimpson, 1978Sponge crabs1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Town
1 Species
Pseudodromia trepida Kensley, 1978

Subnodes of Dromiidae with occurrences in Cape Town
SubfamilyDromiinae
De Haan, 1833
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Dromiidae at artfakta.se
Dromiidae at biodiversity.org.au
Dromiidae at dyntaxa.se
Dromiidae at gbif.org
Dromiidae at irmng.org
Dromiidae at itis.gov
Dromiidae at marinespecies.org