en Dotillidae

Dotillidae
	Scopimera globosa, a sand bubbler crab
Scientific 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

^ ^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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[Grave-1] 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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