Dotillidae
Scopimera globosa, a sand bubbler crab
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Thoracotremata
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. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.


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