Homoloidea

Homoloidea is a superfamily of dromiacean crabs. Homoloidea belongs the group Dromiacea, taxonomically ranked as a section, and is the sister group to Dromioidea. Dromiacea is the most basal grouping of Brachyura crabs, and likely diverged from the rest of Brachyura around the Late Triassic or Early Jurassic.^[1][2] The close relation between Homoloidea and Dromioidea is primarily established through ultrastructural characteristics of the sperm.^[3]

Homoloidea Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Paromola cuvieri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Section:	Dromiacea
Superfamily:	Homoloidea De Haan, 1839
Families
Homolidae Latreilliidae Poupiniidae

The below cladogram shows Homoloidea's placement within Dromiacea:^[1]

Dromiacea	Dromioidea Dromiidae (may be paraphyletic) Dynomenidae Homoloidea Homolidae (paraphyletic) Latreilliidae

Recent studies have found that the Homoloidea family Homolidae is paraphyletic with respect to Latreilliidae.^[1]

See also

• Homola barbata