Paromola

Paromola is a genus of crabs within the family Homolidae.^[1][2] 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.^[3]

Paromola Temporal range: 0.012–Recent Ma 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
Family:	Homolidae
Genus:	Paromola Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891

Species

• Paromola bathyalis Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995
• Paromola crosnieri Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995
• Paromola cuvieri (Risso, 1816)
• Paromola japonica Parisi, 1915
• Paromola macrochira Sakai, 1961
• Paromola rathbuni Porter, 1908
• † Paromola vetula Crawford, 2008^[2]