African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AphiaID

439271 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:439271)

Classification

Biota
Animalia (Kingdom)
Arthropoda (Phylum)
Crustacea (Subphylum)
Multicrustacea (Superclass)
Malacostraca (Class)
Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
Eucarida (Superorder)
Decapoda (Order)
Pleocyemata (Suborder)
Brachyura (Infraorder)
Dromiacea (Section)
Dromioidea (Superfamily)
Dromiidae (Family)
Dromiinae (Subfamily)
Platydromia (Genus)

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Dromiinae De Haan, 1833

Original name

Platydromia Brocchi, 1877

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Species Platydromia spongiosa (Stimpson, 1858)

Environment

marine

Original description

Brocchi, P. (1877). Sur un Dromien noveau, genre Platydromia. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomatique de Paris, sér. 6.</em> 12: 53-54. [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Platydromia Brocchi, 1877. 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://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439271 on 2026-06-27

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. Platydromia Brocchi, 1877. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439271 on 2026-06-27

Taxonomic edit history

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2009-12-16 09:09:19Z

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Davie, Peter

2019-12-02 11:22:13Z

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De Grave, Sammy

2019-12-03 15:23:27Z

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De Grave, Sammy

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AfReMaS taxon details

Platydromia Brocchi, 1877