{{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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Fossilworks: Paromola vetula |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=221034 |access-date=2022-12-12 |website=Paleobiology Database}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Wicksten">{{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}}</ref>
==Species== * ''Paromola bathyalis'' {{Small|Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995}} * ''Paromola crosnieri'' {{Small|Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995}} * ''Paromola cuvieri'' {{Small|(Risso, 1816)}} * ''Paromola japonica'' {{Small|Parisi, 1915}} * ''Paromola macrochira'' {{Small|Sakai, 1961}} * ''Paromola rathbuni'' {{Small|Porter, 1908}} * † ''Paromola vetula'' {{Small|Crawford, 2008}}<ref name=":0" />
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Category:Dromiacea Category:Decapod genera