Domeciidae Ortmann 1893
- Dataset
- Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the remote oceanic Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean
- Rank
- FAMILY
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Decapoda
- family
- Domeciidae
discussion
Remarks. Domecia is formed by four species (Ng et al. 2008), two of which known from Atlantic localities: D. acanthophora (Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867) and D. africana Guinot in Manning & Holthuis, 1981. The validity of D. africana actually needs further examination.
type_taxon
Type species. Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842 [Type locality: Sandwich Islands].
Name
- Homonyms
- Domeciidae Ortmann 1893