Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Section Dromiacea > Superfamily Dromioidea

Dromiidae De Haan, 1833

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Dromiinae De Haan, 1833

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: sponge crabs sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Wollkrebse sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: カイカムリ科

Literature

original description	De Haan, W. (1833–1850). Crustacea. In: von Siebold, P.F., Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suspecto, Annis 1823-1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit. i–xxxi, ix–xvi, 1–243, pls. A–J, L–Q, 1–55. Lugduni-Batavorum. [Dates of publication per Holthuis, 1953: 1833 (ix–xvi, De Haan's "Praemissa" & "Expositio"; 1–24, pls. 1–8, A, B, circ. 2), 1835 (25–64, pls. 9–15, 17, C, D), 1837 (65–72, pls. 16, 18–24, E, F), 1839 (73–108, pls. 25–32, G, H), 1841 (109–164, pls. 33–37, 39–42, 47), 1844 (pls. 38, 43–46, 48, 51–55, I–N), 1849 (165–196, 197–243, pls. 49, 50 O–Q), 1849 (i–xxxi, De Haan's "Praefatio"), 1850 (vii–xvii, Von Siebold's "Commentatio")).
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp.
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Dromiidae De Haan, 1833. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106742