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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Dromiacea
Superfamilia: Dromioidea
Familia: Dromiidae
Subfamiliae: Dromiinae
Genus: Dromia

Dromia is a genus of crabs in the family Dromiidae. It contains 6 extant species:[1]

Dromia bollorei Forest, 1974
Dromia dormia (Linnaeus, 1763)
Dromia erythropus (George Edwards, 1771)
Dromia marmorea Forest, 1974
Dromia nodosa A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1898
Dromia personata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Two further species are known only from fossils.[2]

References

^ Peter Davie & Michael Türkay (2011). "Dromia Weber, 1795". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
^ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109.

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