Dotillidae

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Dotillidae
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, a sand bubbler crab
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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
  • Tweedie, 1950
  • Kemp, 1919
  • Ilyoplax Stimpson, 1858
  • Tweedie, 1938
  • Tweedie, 1937
  • Scopimera De Haan, 1835
  • Serène, 1971
  • Koelbel, 1897

References[]

  1. ^ a b 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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