Homolodromiidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Section: | Dromiacea |
Superfamily: |
Homolodromioidea Alcock, 1899 |
Family: |
Homolodromiidae Alcock, 1899 |
Genera | |
Synonyms | |
Homolodromidae Alcock, 1899 |
Homolodromiidae is a family of crabs, the only family in the superfamily Homolodromioidea. [1] In contrast to other crabs, including the closely related Homolidae, there is no strong linea homolica along which the exoskeleton breaks open during ecdysis. [2] The family comprises two genera, Dicranodromia, which has 18 species, and Homolodromia, with five species. [1]