Belliidae | |
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Bellia picta | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Subsection: | Heterotremata |
Superfamily: | Bellioidea Dana, 1852 |
Family: | Belliidae Dana, 1852 |
Genera | |
Belliidae is a family of crabs of the order Decapoda.
They respond to predators by hyper-extending all of their limbs and remain in this position a long time (Hazlett).