Dromia dormia

Dromia dormia
	D. dormia eating a sea urchin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Dromiidae
Genus:	Dromia
Species:	D. dormia
Binomial name
	Dromia dormia; (Linnaeus, 1763)
Synonyms
	Cancer lanosus Rumphius, 1705; Cancer dormia Linnaeus, 1763; Dromidiopsis dormia (Linnaeus, 1763); Cancer dormitator Herbst, 1790; Dromia rumphii Weber, 1795; Dromia hirsutissima Dana, 1852;

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

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