Paromola

{{Short description|Genus of crabs}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|0.012|Recent}}

| image = Paromola cuvieri.jpg

| image_caption = Paromola cuvieri

| taxon = Paromola

| authority = Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891

}}

Paromola is a genus of crabs within the family Homolidae.{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Paromola Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106869 |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=www.marinespecies.org}}{{Cite web |title=Fossilworks: Paromola vetula |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=221034 |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=Paleobiology Database}} 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.{{cite journal |author=Mary K. Wicksten |year=1985 |title=Carrying behavior in the family Homolidae (Decapoda: Brachyura) |journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=476–479 |doi=10.2307/1547919 |jstor=1547919 |doi-access=free}}