Paromola
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| Paromola Temporal range: | |
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| 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 |
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]