Borradaile, 1900
Carapace as long as wide or longer than wide, surface smooth. Rostrum tridentate, lateral teeth rounded, not prominent. Female sternal grooves end on tubercles either apart or together, behind chelipeds. Cheliped with an epipod. Legs not knobbed or ridged. Propodi and dactyli of first two pairs of legs equal in length, inner margins of dactyli armed with five or fewer small spines. Fourth leg may be as long as second leg. Uropod usually well developed, visible externally and used in the abdominal locking mechanism. Last two segments of the abdomen may be fused or freely movable. (Türkay 1995)
Type species: Dromia australiensis Haswell, 1882, by McLay's designation in 1993.
Species included:
Dromidiopsis australiensis (Haswell, 1882)
Dromidiopsis dubia Lewinsohn, 1984
Dromidiopsis edwardsi Rathbun, 1919
Dromidiopsis globosa (Lamarck, 1818)
Dromidiopsis lethrinusae (Takeda & Kurata, 1976)
Dromidiopsis tridentata Borradaile, 1903