The Dotillidae are a
family
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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 crab
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 mout ...
s, 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
References
Ocypodoidea
Decapod families
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