Dynomenidae

Dynomenidae is a family of crabs in the superfamily Dromioidea mostly found in Madagascar. There are nineteen genera in this family: five extant and fourteen known from fossils:[2]

  • Acanthodromia A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
  • Dynomene Desmarest, 1823
  • Hirsutodynomene McLay, 1999
  • Metadynomene McLay, 1999
  • Paradynomene Sakai, 1963
  • †Acanthodiaulax Schweitzer et al., 2003
  • †Basinotopus M'Coy, 1849
  • †Cyamocarcinus Bittner, 1883
  • †Dromiopsis Reuss, 1858
  • †Dynomenopsis Secretan, 1972
  • †Eotrachynotocarcinus Beschin et al., 2007
  • †Gemmellarocarcinus Checchia-Rispoli, 1905
  • †Graptocarcinus Roemer, 1887
  • †Kierionopsis Davidson, 1966
  • †Maurimia Martins-Neto, 2001
  • †Ovamene Müller & Collins, 1991
  • †Stephanometopon Bosquet, 1854
  • †Trechmannius Collins & Donovan, 2006
  • †Xandaros Bishop, 1988

Dynomenidae
Dynomene hispida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Section:
Dromiacea
Superfamily:
Dromioidea
Family:
Dynomenidae

Genera

19 (14 fossil, 5 extant), See below

References
  1. Ortmann, 1892 : Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Döderlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und zur Zeit im Strassburger Museum aufbewahrten Formen. V Theil. Die Abtheilungen Hippidea, Dromiidea und Oxystomata. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere, vol. 6, p. 532–588.
  2. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.

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