Tumidodromia dormia (Linnaeus, 1763)

Muñoz, Isabel, García-Raso, J. Enrique, Chillón, Begoña Sánchez & Cuesta, Jose A., 2025, Marine crabs from African waters housed in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC): An opportunity for biogeographic and systematic studies. Part I: Heterotremata (Decapoda, Brachyura), European Journal of Taxonomy 996, pp. 1-94 : 19-20

Tumidodromia dormia (Linnaeus, 1763)

Fig. 18

Material examined

MAURITIUS • 1 ♀ (135.7×109.9); 1850; dry specimen from the “Sala del Mar” exhibition; MNCN20.04/00032 .

Remarks

Tumidodromia dormia is the largest known sponge crab (up to 200 mm cw), and inhabits shallow waters ( McLay 2009). Only two ovigerous female specimens of this species have been captured ( McLay 2009), and our specimen is a female, but due to its fragility, it is not convenient to manipulate the specimen, therefore it is not known if it is ovigerous or not.

For identification see also Lewinsohn (1984) and McLay (2001, 2009).

Figures

Fig. 18. Tumidodromia dormia (Linnaeus, 1763), dry specimen MNCN20.04/00032 inside a glass and wooden box. Scale bar = 1 cm.