Paromola

Paromola
Temporal range: 0.012–Recent Ma
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Paromola cuvieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Homolidae
Genus:
Paromola

Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891

Paromola is a genus of crabs within the family Homolidae.[1][2] Members of the Homolidae genus have their fifth pereiopods (last pair of walking legs) in a sub-dorsal position, which allows them to hold objects, such as sponges, black corals and gorgonians, over the rear half of the carapace, in a possible defence mechanism against predators.[3]

  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paromola Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Paromola vetula". www.fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  3. ^ Mary K. Wicksten (1985). "Carrying behavior in the family Homolidae (Decapoda: Brachyura)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 5 (3): 476–479. doi:10.2307/1547919. JSTOR 1547919.