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Checklist for Superfamily Dromioidea De Haan, 1833
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
246
1090
2530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
245
1089
2527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
134
788
2104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
133
784
2097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
124
745
2006
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
68
419
941
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Dromiacea
Da Haan, 1833
5
27
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Dromioidea
De Haan, 1833
2
16
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua New Guinea
2 Families width 26 Species
Dromiidae De Haan, 1833Sponge crabs22SpeciesTaxom
Dynomenidae Ortmann, 18924SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua New Guinea
16 Genera with 26 Species
Conchoecetes Stimpson, 19843SpeciesTaxom
Cryptodromia Stimpson, 18584SpeciesTaxom
Dromia Weber, 1795sponge crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Dromidia Guinot & Tav..., 18301SpeciesTaxom
Dromidiopsis Borradaile, 19033SpeciesTaxom
Dynomene Desmarest, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Epigodromia McLay, 1993
0SpeciesTaxom
Hirsutodynomene McLay, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Lamarckdromia Guinot & Tav..., 18181SpeciesTaxom
Lauridromia McLay, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Lewindromia Guinot & Tav..., 18301SpeciesTaxom
Metadynomene McLay, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Petalomera Stimpson, 18843SpeciesTaxom
Pseudodromia Stimpson, 1858
Sponge crabs0SpeciesTaxom
Stimdromia McLay, 1993
0SpeciesTaxom
Tumidodromia McLay, 17631SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
26 Species
Conchoecetes andamanicus Alcock, 1900
Conchoecetes artificiosus Fabricius, 1798
Conchoecetes intermedius Lewinsohn, 1984
Cryptodromia canaliculata (Stimpson, 1858)⇒ Cryptodromia fallax Latreille, 1812
Cryptodromia fallax Latreille, 1812
Cryptodromia tuberculata Stimpson, 1858
Cryptodromia tumida Stimpson, 1858
Dromia dormia Linnaeus, 1763Common sponge crab
Dromia globosa (Lamarck, 1818)⇒ Lamarckdromia globosa Lamarck, 1818
Dromia intermedia (Laurie, 1906)⇒ Paratya curvirostris Heller, 1862
Dromia rumphii (Weber, 1795)⇒ Tumidodromia dormia Linnaeus, 1763
Dromidia unidentata Rüppell, 1830
Dromidiopsis australiensis Haswell, 1882
Dromidiopsis edwardsi Rathbun, 1919Edward's Sponge Crab
Dromidiopsis tridentata Borradaile, 1903Trident Sponge Crab
Dynomene hispida Latreille, 1812
Dynomene praedator A. Milne-Edw..., 1879
Hirsutodynomene spinosa Rathbun, 1911
Lamarckdromia globosa Lamarck, 1818Shaggy Sponge-crab
Lauridromia intermedia Laurie, 1906
Lewindromia unidentata Rüppell, 1830Sponge Crab
Metadynomene tanensis Yokoya, 1933
Petalomera granulata Stimpson, 1858Granulated Sponge Crab
Petalomera indica (Alcock, 1901)⇒ Petalomera granulata Stimpson, 1858
Petalomera pulchra Miers, 1884
Tumidodromia dormia Linnaeus, 1763Common Sponge Crab

Subnodes of Dromioidea with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
FamilyDromiidae
De Haan, 1833
Sponge crabs
13
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDynomenidae
Ortmann, 1892
3
4
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