Decanet taxon details
Alcockdromia McLay, 2019
1397315 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1397315)
accepted
Genus
Dromia fallax Latreille in Milbert, 1812 accepted as Alcockdromia fallax (Latreille in Milbert, 1812) (type by original designation)
marine
McLay, C.L. (2019). Rediscovery of the sponge crab Cryptodromia fallax (Latreille in Milbert, 1812) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Dromiidae) at Mauritius, with the description of a new genus and the confirmation of an unusual seaweed-carrying camouflage mode. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 40(1): 82-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruz085 [details] Available for editors 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Alcockdromia McLay, 2019. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1397315 on 2026-01-17
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McLay, C.L. (2019). Rediscovery of the sponge crab Cryptodromia fallax (Latreille in Milbert, 1812) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Dromiidae) at Mauritius, with the description of a new genus and the confirmation of an unusual seaweed-carrying camouflage mode. <em>Journal of Crustacean Biology.</em> 40(1): 82-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruz085 [details] Available for editors
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