Genus Dromia Weber, 1795
- Dromia Weber, F. 1795. Nomenclator entomologicus secundum entomologian systematicam ill. Fabricii, adjectis speciebus recens detectis et varietatibus. Chiloni et Hamburgi : C.E. Bohn viii 171 pp. [92] [Name No. 1568 on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology; gender feminine].
Type species:
Cancer personatus Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1964. Opinion 688. Dromia Weber, 1795 (Crustacea, Decapoda): designation of a type species under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 21: 16-19. - Sternodromia Forest, J. 1974. Les Dromies de l'Atlantique oriental. Description de Sternodromia gen. nov. et de deux espèces nouvelles du genre Dromia Weber (Crustacea Decapoda Dromiidae). Annales de l'Institut Océanographique 50(1): 71-123 figs 1-7 pls 1-8 [100].
Type species:
Sternodromia spinostris Miers, 1881 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McLay, C.L. 1993. Crustacea Decapoda: The Sponge Crabs (Dromiidae) of New Caledonia and the Philippines with a review of the genera. pp. 111-251 in Crosnier, A. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 10. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 156: 1-491 [149]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Atlantic, Indian and west Pacific Oceans.
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Distribution References
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 10-May-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |