Dromia dormia

Tags: Crustacean.

Dromia dormia the sleepy sponge crab or common sponge crab is the largest species of sponge crab. It grows to a carapace width of 20 cm (8 in) and lives in shallow waters across the Indo-Pacific region.

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binomial authority

Carl Linnaeus, Centuria Insectorum

class

Malacostraca

family

Dromiidae

genus

Dromia

kingdom

Animal

order

Decapoda, Crab

phylum

Arthropod, Crustacean

synonym

*Cancer dormia (Linnaeus 1763), *Cancer dormitator (Herbst 1790), *Cancer lanosus (Rumphius 1705), *Dromia hirsutissima (Dana 1852), *Dromia rumphii (Weber 1795), *Dromidiopsis dormia (Linnaeus 1763)