Large Sponge-Carrying Crab (Dromia erythropus)

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Dromia erythropus

(Edwards <i>in</i> Catesby & Edwards, 1771)

Large Sponge-Carrying Crab

Also known as: Redeye Sponge Crab, Sponge Crab

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Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Dromiidae

Other species in Dromiidae

Dromia personata

Dromia personata

Common Sponge Crab

Hypoconcha parasitica

Hypoconcha parasitica

Rough Shellback Crab

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