Florent's Guide To The

Hawaiian Reefs

Sleepy Sponge Crab
Tumidodromia dormia
Sleepy Sponge Crab
Category: Sponge Crabs
Scientific Name: Tumidodromia dormia
Size: Up to 7 in (18cm)  
Depth: 3-100 ft. (1-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Dromioidea (Superfamily)
         └Dromiidae (Family)
          └Tumidodromia (Genus)
           └T. dormia (Species)
WoRMS ID: 440119🔗
iNaturalist ID: 968919🔗

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