Dromia personata

Tags: Crustacean.

Dromia personata is a species of crab found in the North Sea the Mediterranean Sea and connecting parts of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. It grows up to a carapace length of 53 millimetres (2.1 in) and lives mainly from the lower shore to a depth of 8 metres (26 ft) or occasionally to 100 metres (330 ft) and often in caves. The last two pairs of legs are positioned dorsally and are used by young crabs to hold a sponge in place as camouflage.

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binomial authority

Carl Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae

class

Malacostraca

family

Dromiidae

genus

Dromia

kingdom

Animal

order

Decapoda, Crab

phylum

Arthropod, Crustacean

synonym

*, *Cancer caputmortuum (Linnaeus 1767), *Cancer personatus (Linnaeus 1758), *Dromia clypeata (Schousboe 1802), *Dromia communis (Lucas 1840), *Dromia mediterranea (Leach 1875)