What is a dynomene?  This has to do with why my sail boat is named
dynomene. I think it is some sort of crab!

Hi saltysport,

Thank you for an interesting question.   


http://www.coral.noaa.gov/archive/champ/list-archives/coral-list-1996.txt

"I work on a group of crabs some of which inhabit hard corals.  
These belong to the primitive family Dynomenidae. They are not unlike
the xanthid or "black-fingered" crabs but have the last pair of legs
very reduced and obsolete. Dynomenids tend to be covered in a fairly
dense layer of setae. There are only about 13 species known and  they
are mostly small: around 10 - 30mm carapace width in size. I am
writing a monograph of the whole family.
 
These crabs mostly belong to the genus "Dynomene" and have been  
collected from "Pocillopora", "Goniastrea", and "Porites" corals. They
 seem to live only in the dead part of the coral head or perhaps in
the coral rubble at the base. Since I have never seen live ones I 
have a number of questions:..."
 
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Dynomenidae sp. ident. J.S. Garth 
http://decapoda.free.fr/easter_fiche.php?sp=12

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Best regards,
tlspiegel

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