Dromiidae
Dromiidae is a family of crabs, often referred to as sponge crabs. They are small or medium-sized crabs which get their name from the ability to shape a living sponge into a portable shelter for themselves. A sponge crab cuts out a fragment from a sponge and trims it to its own shape using its claws. The last two pairs of legs are shorter than other legs and bend upward over the crab's carapace, to hold the sponge in place. The sponge grows along with the crab, providing a consistent shelter.
Species
sponge crabs
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyDromiidae
Habitatmarine
De wolkrabben (Dromiidae), ook soms sponskrabben genaamd, is een familie uit de infraorde krabben (Brachyura). Verspreiding en leefgebied Slechts één vertegenwoordiger uit deze familie, de wolkrab (Dromia personata) wordt zeer zelden voor de Belgische kust opgevist, en is in Nederlandse wateren inmiddels ook aangetroffen[2]. Systematiek De Dromiidae omvatten volgende drie onderfamilies:[3] Dromiinae De Haan, 1833 Hypoconchinae Guinot & Tavares, 2003 Sphaerodromiinae Guinot & Tavares, 2003 Bronnen, noten en/of referenties ↑ Haan, W. de, (1833–1850) Crustacea. In: Siebold, P.F. von (ed.) Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, Quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suscepto, Annis 1823–1830 Collegit, Noitis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit. Leiden: Lugduni-Batavorum. i–xvii, i–xxxi, ix–xvi, 1–243 pp. ↑ http://nos.nl/artikel/2126106-zeldzame-wolkrab-gevonden-in-zeeland.html ↑ De Grave, Sammy, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al., (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21:1–109.
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Dromiidae is a family of crabs, often referred to as sponge crabs. They are small or medium-sized crabs which get their name from the ability to shape a living sponge into a portable shelter for themselves. A sponge crab cuts out a fragment from a sponge and trims it to its own shape using its claws. The last two pairs of legs are shorter than other legs and bend upward over the crab's carapace, to hold the sponge in place. The sponge grows along with the crab, providing a consistent shelter.
==Subfamilies and genera== The family Dromiidae contains the following subfamilies and genera: Dromiinae Alainodromia Ameridromia Ascidiophilus Austrodromidia Barnardomia Conchoecetes Costadromia Cryptodromia Cryptodromiopsis Desmodromia Dromia Dromidia Dromidiopsis Dromilites Epigodromia Epipedodromia Eudromidia Exodromidia Foredromia Fultodromia Haledromia Hemisphaerodromia Homalodromia Kerepesia Kromtitis Lamarckdromia Lauridromia Lewindromia Lucanthonisia Mclaydromia Metadromia Moreiradromia Noetlingia Paradromia Petalomera Platydromia Pseudodromia Speodromia Stebbingdromia Sternodromia Stimdromia Takedromia Tumidodromia Tunedromia Hypoconchinae Hypoconcha Sphaerodromiinae Eodromia Frodromia Sphaerodromia