76 Species in Family Dromiidae
Nominal species list for Dromiidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Alainodromia dambimangari McLay & Hosie, 2022
Alcockdromia fallax (Latreille in Milbert, 1812)
Austrodromidia australis (Rathbun, 1923)
Austrodromidia insignis (Rathbun, 1923)
Austrodromidia octodentata (Haswell, 1882)
Baccadromia bullifera (Alcock, 1900)
Conchoecetes artificiosus (Fabricius, 1798)
Conchoecetes atlas McLay & Naruse, 2019
Conchoecetes avikele McLay & Naruse, 2019
Conchoecetes chanty McLay & Naruse, 2019
Conchoecetes investigator McLay & Naruse, 2019
Conchoecetes pembawa McLay & Naruse, 2019
Cryptodromia amboinensis de Man, 1888
Cryptodromia canaliculata Stimpson, 1858
Cryptodromia coronata Stimpson, 1858
Cryptodromia erioxylon McLay, 2001
Cryptodromia fukuii (Sakai, 1936)
Cryptodromia hilgendorfi De Man, 1888
Cryptodromia longipes McLay, 1993
Cryptodromia mariae Ihle, 1913
Cryptodromia marquesas McLay, 2001
Cryptodromia pentagonalis (Hilgendorf, 1879)
Cryptodromia pileifera (Alcock, 1900)
Cryptodromia pitiensis McLay, 2001
Cryptodromia trituberculata Buitendijk, 1939
Cryptodromia tuberculata Stimpson, 1858
Cryptodromia tumida Stimpson, 1858
Cryptodromiopsis antillensis (Stimpson, 1858) Hairy sponge crab
Cryptodromiopsis plumosa (Lewinsohn, 1984) Shaggy sponge crab
Cryptodromiopsis sarraburei (Rathbun, 1910)
Cryptodromiopsis tridens Borradaile, 1903
Cryptodromiopsis unidentata (Rüppell, 1830)
Desmodromia tranterae McLay, 2001
Dromia dehaani Rathbum, 1923
Dromia erythropus (George Edwards, 1771) Redeye sponge crab
Dromia personata (Linnaeus, 1758) Sleepy crab
Dromia wilsoni (Fulton & Grant, 1902) Wilson's sponge crab
Dromidiopsis australiensis (Haswell, 1882)
Dromidiopsis lethrinusae (Takeda & Kurata, 1976)
Dromidiopsis richeri McLay, 2001
Dromidiopsis tridentata Borradaile, 1903
Eodromia denticulata McLay, 1993
Epigodromia areolata (Ihle, 1913)
Epigodromia ebalioides (Alcock, 1899)
Epigodromia granulata (Kossman, 1878)
Epigodromia nodosa Sakai, 1936
Epigodromia rotunda McLay, 1993
Epigodromia rugosa McLay, 1993
Frodromia atypica (Sakai, 1936)
Foredromia rostrata McLay, 2002
Fultodromia nodipes (Guérin, 1832)
Fultodromia spinifera (Montgomery, 1931)
Hemisphaerodromia monodus (Stebbing, 1918)
Homalodromia coppingeri Miers, 1884
Hypoconcha arcuata Stimpson, 1858 Granulate shellback crab
Hypoconcha californiensis Bouvier, 1898 California shellback crab
Hypoconcha parasitica (Linnaeus, 1763) Rough shellback crab
Hypoconcha spinosissima Rathbun, 1933 Spiny shellback crab
Lamarckdromia beagle McLay & Hosie, 2022
Lamarckdromia excavata (Stimpson, 1858)
Lamarckdromia globosa (Lamarck, 1818)
Lauridromia dehaani (Rathbun, 1923) Japanese sponge crab
Lauridromia indica (Gray, 1831) Cannonball sponge crab
Lauridromia intermedia (Laurie, 1906)
Lewindromia unidentata (Rüppell, 1830)
Mclaydromia colini Guinot & Tavares, 2003
Mclaydromia dubia (Lewinsohn, 1984)
Metadromia wilsoni (Fulton & Grant, 1902)
Petalomera pulchra Miers, 1884
Sternodromia spinirostris (Miers, 1881)
Stimdromia foresti (McLay, 1993)
Stimdromia lamellata (Ortmann, 1894)
Stimdromia lateralis (Gray, 1831)
Takedromia cristatipes (Sakai, 1969)
Takedromia longispina McLay, 1991
Tumidodromia dormia (Linnaeus, 1763) Common sponge crab
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