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Homolodromiidae
Sign in to saveHomolodromiidae is a family of crabs, the only family in the superfamily Homolodromioidea. In contrast to other crabs, including the closely related Homolidae, there is no strong linea homolica along which the exoskeleton breaks open during ecdysis. The family comprises two genera, Dicranodromia, which has 18 species, and Homolodromia, with five species.
Species
コウナガカムリ科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyHomolodromiidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Homolodromiidae
- Collections
- CAS, USNM, MNHN, WAM
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Ecuador, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Australia, Madagascar, Iles Tonga, Salomon Sea, Bismarck Sea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Homolodromioidea
- Image
- Dicranodromia mahieuxii.jpg
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- Commons category
- Homolodromiidae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Homolodromiidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Homolodromiidae
- taxon author citation
- Alcock, 1900
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Encyclopedic overview
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Homolodromiidae is a family of crabs, the only family in the superfamily Homolodromioidea. In contrast to other crabs, including the closely related Homolidae, there is no strong linea homolica along which the exoskeleton breaks open during ecdysis. The family comprises two genera, Dicranodromia, which has 18 species, and Homolodromia, with five species.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Homolodromiidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.