Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Dromioidea for New Zealand (Polynesia)

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Checklist for Superfamily Dromioidea De Haan, 1833
and region New Zealand (Polynesia)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	309 1248 2585	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	306 1243 2581	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	111 457 1004	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	110 450 970	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	102 421 908	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	49 205 380	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Dromiacea Da Haan, 1833	5 17 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Dromioidea De Haan, 1833	2 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for New Zealand
2 Families width 7 Species

Dromiidae De Haan, 1833	Sponge crabs	5	Species	Taxom
Dynomenidae Ortmann, 1892		2	Species	Taxom

Genera for New Zealand
7 Genera with 7 Species

Species list for New Zealand
7 Species

Dromia wilsonii Fulton & Grant, 1902
Dynomene pilumnoides Alcock, 1900
Metadromia wilsoni Fulton & Grant, 1902	Wilson's Sponge Crab
Metadynomene tanensis Yokoya, 1933
Petalomera wilsoni (Fulton&Grant, 1902)	⇒ Metadromia wilsoni Fulton & Grant, 1902
Stimdromia lateralis Gray, 1831	Ridged Sponge-crab
Tumidodromia dormia Linnaeus, 1763	Common Sponge Crab

Subnodes of Dromioidea with occurrences in New Zealand

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