Homolidae de Haan, 1839

Wicksten, Mary K., 2012, Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces 3371, Zootaxa 3371, pp. 1-307 : 202

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scientific name

Homolidae de Haan, 1839
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Family Homolidae de Haan, 1839 View in CoL

Homolid crabs, sometimes called carrier crabs, range from the lower subtidal zone down into abyssal depths. Their characteristic subdorsal legs are used to carry objects over the posterior part of the carapace. Only one species lives off California and northern Mexico.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Homolidae