Dotillidae Explained

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

Notes and References

1. . 2009 . Suppl. 21 . 1–109 . A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . Sammy De Grave . N. Dean Pentcheff . Shane T. Ahyong . . etal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf . 2011-06-06 .