Homolodromiidae

{{Short description|Family of crabs}}

{{automatic taxobox

| image = Dicranodromia mahieuxii.jpg

| display_parents = 2

| parent_authority = Alcock, 1899

| taxon = Homolodromiidae

| authority = Alcock, 1899

| synonyms = Homolodromidae Alcock, 1899

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

• Dicranodromia
• Homolodromia

}}

Homolodromiidae is a family of crabs, the only family in the superfamily Homolodromioidea.{{cite journal |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf |title=Systema Brachyurorum: Part 1. An Annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world |journal=Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |year=2008 |pages=1–286 |author1=Peter K. L. Ng |author2=Danièle Guinot |author3=Peter J. F. Davie |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf |archivedate=2011-06-06 }} In contrast to other crabs, including the closely related Homolidae, there is no strong linea homolica along which the exoskeleton breaks open during ecdysis.{{cite journal |author1=Carrie E. Schweitzer |author2=Torrey G. Nyborg |author3=R. M. Feldmann |author4=Richard L. M. Ross |year=2004 |title=Homolidae de Haan, 1839 and Homolodromiidae Alcock, 1900 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Pacific Northwest of North America and a reassessment of their fossil records |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=78 |issue=1 |pages=133–149 |url=http://arthroinfo.org/pdfs/10798/10798.pdf |format=PDF |doi=10.1666/0022-3360(2004)078<0133:HDHAHA>2.0.CO;2 }} The family comprises two genera, Dicranodromia, which has 18 species, and Homolodromia, with five species.