African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Dromidiopsis Borradaile, 1900

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Dromidiopsis Borradaile, 1900

AphiaID

204194 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204194)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Dromiinae De Haan, 1833

Original name

Dromidiopsis Borradaile, 1900

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Species Dromidiopsis indica (Gray, 1831)
Species Dromidiopsis lethrinusae (Takeda & Kurata, 1976)
Species Dromidiopsis tridentata Borradaile, 1903
Species Dromidiopsis cornuta Barnard, 1947 accepted as Dromidia cornuta (Barnard, 1947) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Dromidiopsis cranoides (De Man, 1888) accepted as Dromidiopsis indica (Gray, 1831) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Dromidiopsis dormia (Linnaeus, 1763) accepted as Tumidodromia dormia (Linnaeus, 1763) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Dromidiopsis dubia Lewinsohn, 1984 accepted as Mclaydromia dubia (Lewinsohn, 1984) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Dromidiopsis plumosa Lewinsohn, 1984 accepted as Stebbingdromia plumosa (Lewinsohn, 1984) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

Borradaile, L. A. (1900). On some Crustaceans from the South Pacific. Part IV. The crabs. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1900: 568-596., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31098317 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Dromidiopsis Borradaile, 1900. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204194 on 2026-07-02

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Dromidiopsis Borradaile, 1900. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204194 on 2026-07-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-07-18 10:07:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-11 06:44:08Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

checked

Davie, Peter

2011-01-18 10:34:52Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2020-04-21 09:10:20Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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original description Borradaile, L. A. (1900). On some Crustaceans from the South Pacific. Part IV. The crabs. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1900: 568-596., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31098317 [details]

basis of record Guinot, D. (1967). La faune carcinologique (Crustacea Brachyura) de l'Océan Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge. Catalogue remarques biogéographiques et bibliographie. in: Réunion de Spécialistes C.S.A sur les Crustacés = C.S.A. Specialist Meeting on Crustaceans, Zanzibar 1964. Mémoires de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. 77: pp. 237–352. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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