sleepy sponge crab

Tumidodromia dormia

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Dromiidae

Tumidodromia dormia, the sleepy sponge crab or common sponge crab, is the largest species of sponge crab and the only species in the genus Tumidodromia. It grows to a carapace width of 20 cm (8 in) and lives in shallow waters across the Indo-Pacific region. Distribution Tumidodromia dormia has a widespread distribution in the Indo-Pacific region.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 25

Sources and credits

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