Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Section Eubrachyura > Subsection Heterotremata > Superfamily Trapezioidea > Family Domeciidae

Domecia Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Neleus*	Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867	synonym

Children

Domecia acanthophora (Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867)
Domecia africana Holthuis, Edwards & Lubbock, 1980

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ドメシアガニ属

Literature

original description	Eydoux, F.; Souleyet, L. F. A. (1842). Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté Pendant les Années 1836 et 1837 sur la Corvette La Bonite, Commandée par M. Vaillant. Zoologie. Tome Premier, Seconde Partie. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. Pp. 133-334.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Galil, B.S.; Vannini, M. (1990`). Research on the coast of Somalia. Xanthidae, Trapeziidae, Carpiliidae, Menippidae (Crustacea Brachyura). Tropical Zoology. 3(1): 21–56.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Domecia Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106944