Dotillidae
| Dotillidae | |
|---|---|
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| Scopimera globosa, a sand bubbler crab | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Ocypodoidea |
| Family: | Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858 |
The Dotillidae are a family of crabs with 59 species, nearly half of which are in the genus Ilyoplax.[1] The two genera Scopimera and Dotilla are collectively the sand bubbler crabs, which leave conspicuous collections of sand pellets on sandy beaches across the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific.
Genera
Nine genera are currently recognised:[1]
- Dotilla Stimpson, 1858
- Dotilloplax Tweedie, 1950
- Dotillopsis Kemp, 1919
- Ilyoplax Stimpson, 1858
- Potamocypoda Tweedie, 1938
- Pseudogelasimus Tweedie, 1937
- Scopimera De Haan, 1835
- Shenius Serène, 1971
- Tmethypocoelis Koelbel, 1897
References
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- 1 2 Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
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