Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Dromioidea for Jamaica (Greater Antilles)

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Checklist for Superfamily Dromioidea De Haan, 1833
and region Jamaica (Greater Antilles)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	147 356 634	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	147 356 634	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	85 247 496	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	85 247 496	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	79 221 427	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	38 136 252	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Dromiacea Da Haan, 1833	4 9 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Dromioidea De Haan, 1833	2 6 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Jamaica
2 Families width 6 Species

Dromiidae De Haan, 1833	Sponge crabs	5	Species	Taxom
Dynomenidae Ortmann, 1892		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Jamaica
6 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Jamaica
6 Species

Dromia erythropus Edwards, 1771	Redeye sponge crab
Dromia lator (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)	⇒ Dromia erythropus Edwards, 1771
Hypoconcha parasitica Linnaeus, 1763	Rough shellback crab
Hypoconcha spinosissima Rathbun, 1933	Spiny shellback crab
Moreiradromia antillensis Stimpson, 1858	Lesser Sponge Crab
Trechmannius circularis Collins & Do..., 2006

Subnodes of Dromioidea with occurrences in Jamaica

Family	Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 Sponge crabs	4 5	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Dynomenidae ♰ Ortmann, 1892	2 1	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Dromioidea at artfakta.se
Dromioidea at biodiversity.org.au
Dromioidea at dyntaxa.se
Dromioidea at itis.gov
Dromioidea at marinespecies.org