Dotillidae | |
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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.