Trichia dromiaeformis is a crab that lives in the waters of the western Pacific, both the northern and southern hemisphere.Ng P.K.L. & Davie P. (2019). WoRMS Brachyura: World List of marine Brachyura (version 2015-09-01). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. It was described as Zalasius dromiaeformis by Mary J. Rathbun in 1897, and this name is still sometimes used. It was first described by De Haan in 1839.De Haan, W. (1833-1850). Crustacea. In: von Siebold, P.F., Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio Animalium, quae in Itinere per Japoniam, Jussu et Auspiciis Superiorum, qui Summum in India Batava Imperium Tenent, Suspecto, Annis 1823-1830 Collegit, Notis, Observationibus et Adumbrationibus Illustravit. i-xxxi, ix-xvi, 1-243, Plates A-J, L-Q, 1-55. Lugduni-Batavorum. It is of the genus Trichia, and family Xanthidae. They are extremely camouflaged and live in sandy, muddy substrate. It grows shaggy hair on its dorsal side and the outside of its legs that resembles algae.Doroisigani. Doroish Crab (Mud Stone Crab). Hoshigaeru.jugem.jp. https://hoshigaeru.jugem.jp/?eid=42#gsc.tab=0 Accessed: 4 Apr 2024
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