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Dromia Weber 1795

Description

Genus Dromia Weber, 1795

Type species. Cancer personatus Linnaeus, 1758: 628 [Type locality: unknown].

Remarks. Dromia sensu McLay (2009) is exclusively Atlantic/Mediterranean in distribution. Dromia gouveai Melo & Campos Junior, 1999 from Brazil was merged into the synonymy of D. erythropus by McLay (2009) based on a personal communication by M. Tavares. A discussion on the identity of D. gouveai is now given.

Notes

Published as part of In, First Published, 2022, Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the remote oceanic Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean, pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 5146 on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5146.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7626155

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Dromiidae
Genus
Dromia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Weber
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Dromia Weber, 1795 sec. In, 2022

References

  • Weber, F. (1795) Nomenclator entomologicus secundum Entomologiam Systematicam ill. Fabricii adjectis speciebus recens detectis et varietatibus. Chilonii and Hamburgi, viii + 171 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 12297
  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10 th Edition. Impensis Direct, Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, iii + 824 pp https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 542
  • McLay, C. (2009) New records of crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) from the New Zealand region, including a new species of Rochinia A. Milne-Edwards, 1875 (Majidae), and a revision of the genus Dromia Weber, 1795 (Dromiidae). Zootaxa, 2111 (1), 1 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2111.1.1
  • Melo, G. A. S. de & Campos Junior, O. (1999) A familia Dromiidae de Haan no litoral brasileiro, com descricao de uma nova especie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 16, 273 - 291 https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0101 - 81751999000200001