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Paromola
Paromola is a genus of crabs within the family Homolidae. Members of the Homolidae genus have their fifth pereiopods (last pair of walking legs) in a sub-dorsal position, which allows them to hold objects, such as sponges, black corals and gorgonians, over the rear half of the carapace, in a possible defence mechanism against predators.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Paromola cuvieri
speciesParomola cuvieri
Paromola macrochira
speciesParomola macrochira
Japanese deepwater carrier crab
speciesParomola japonica
Paromola bathyalis
speciesParomola bathyalis
Paromola crosnieri
speciesParomola crosnieri
Paromola rathbuni
speciesParomola rathbuni
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 528784.