Dotillidae
Sign in to saveThe 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.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyDotillidae
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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