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Dotillidae

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Kingdom
  
Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Order
  
Decapoda

Phylum
  
Class
  
Infraorder
  
Brachyura

Dotillidae

The Dotillidae are a family of crabs with 59 species, nearly half of which are in the genus Ilyoplax. 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:

  • 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

    Dotillidae Wikipedia


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