''Trichia dromiaeformis'' is a

crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...

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 Mary Jane Rathbun (June 11, 1860 – April 4, 1943) was an American zoologist who specialized in crustaceans. She worked at the Smithsonian Institution from 1884 until her death. She described more than a thousand new species and subspecies and ...

in 1897, and this name is still sometimes used. It was first described by De Haan in 1839. It is of the genus ''

Trichia ''Trichia'' is a genus of slime molds in the family Trichiidae Trichiales ( synonymous with Trichiida) is an order of slime moulds in the phylum Amoebozoa. Trichiales is one of five orders in the group Myxomycetes (also called Myxogastria) ...

'', 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 Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from unicellular mic ...

.Doroisigani. Doroish Crab (Mud Stone Crab). Hoshigaeru.jugem.jp. https://hoshigaeru.jugem.jp/?eid=42#gsc.tab=0 Accessed: 4 Apr 2024

References

{{taxonbar, from=Q63709004 Xanthidae Crustaceans described in 1839