Dromia marmorea Forest, 1974
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Dromia marmorea Forest, 1974
- Name authority
- Forest, 1974
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Dromiidae
- Genus
- Dromia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumCrustacea
- classMalacostraca
- orderDecapoda
- suborderPleocyemata
- infraorderBrachyura Latreille, 1802
- section zoologyDromiacea De Haan, 1833
- superfamilyDromioidea De Haan, 1833
- familyDromiidae De Haan, 1833
- subfamilyDromiinae De Haan, 1833
- genusDromia Weber, 1795
- speciesDromia marmorea Forest, 1974
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Dromia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| large sponge-carrying crabDromia erythropus (Edwards in Catesby & Edwards, 1771) | DromiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Forest, J. (1974). Les dromies de l’Atlantique Oriental. Description de Sternodromia gen. nov. et deux espèces nouvelles du genre Dromia Weber (Crustacea Decapoda Dromiidae). Annales de l’Institut Océanographique, Nouv. Sér, 50. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:37PNG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.