The Dotillidae are a
family of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s 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
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
.
Genera
Nine genera are currently recognised:
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Dotilla
Sand bubbler crabs (or sand-bubblers) are crabs of the genera ''Scopimera'' and ''Dotilla'' in the family Dotillidae. They are small crabs that live on sandy beaches in the tropical Indo-Pacific. They feed by filtering sand through their mouthpar ...
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Stimpson, 1858
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Dotilloplax''
Tweedie, 1950
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Dotillopsis''
Kemp, 1919
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Ilyoplax''
Stimpson, 1858
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Potamocypoda''
Tweedie, 1938
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Pseudogelasimus''
Tweedie, 1937
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Scopimera
Sand bubbler crabs (or sand-bubblers) are crabs of the genera ''Scopimera'' and ''Dotilla'' in the family Dotillidae. They are small crabs that live on sandy beaches in the tropical Indo-Pacific. They feed by filtering sand through their mouthpar ...
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De Haan, 1835
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Shenius''
Serène, 1971
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Tmethypocoelis''
Koelbel, 1897
References
Ocypodoidea
Decapod families
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