# Dotillidae

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{{Short description|Family of crabs}}
{{automatic taxobox
| image = Kometsukigani_06g0139v.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Scopimera globosa](/source/Scopimera_globosa)'', a [sand bubbler crab](/source/sand_bubbler_crab)
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Dotillidae
| authority = [Stimpson](/source/William_Stimpson), 1858
}}

The '''Dotillidae''' are a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [crab](/source/crab)s with 59 species, nearly half of which are in the genus ''[Ilyoplax](/source/Ilyoplax)''.<ref name="Grave">{{cite journal|journal=[Raffles Bulletin of Zoology](/source/Raffles_Bulletin_of_Zoology) |year=2009 |volume=Suppl. 21 |pages=1–109 |title=A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans |author1=Sammy De Grave |author2=N. Dean Pentcheff |author3=Shane T. Ahyong |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |format=[PDF](/source/Portable_Document_Format) |display-authors=etal |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |archivedate=2011-06-06 }}</ref> The two genera ''Scopimera'' and ''Dotilla'' are collectively the [sand bubbler crab](/source/sand_bubbler_crab)s, which leave conspicuous collections of sand pellets on sandy beaches across the tropical and subtropical [Indo-Pacific](/source/Indo-Pacific).

==Genera==
Nine genera are currently recognised:<ref name="Grave"/>
*''[Dotilla](/source/Dotilla)'' <small>Stimpson, 1858</small>
*''[Dotilloplax](/source/Dotilloplax)'' <small>Tweedie, 1950</small>
*''[Dotillopsis](/source/Dotillopsis)'' <small>Kemp, 1919</small>
*''[Ilyoplax](/source/Ilyoplax)'' <small>Stimpson, 1858</small> 
*''[Potamocypoda](/source/Potamocypoda)'' <small>Tweedie, 1938</small>
*''[Pseudogelasimus](/source/Pseudogelasimus)'' <small>Tweedie, 1937</small>
*''[Scopimera](/source/Scopimera)'' <small>De Haan, 1835</small>
*''[Shenius](/source/Shenius)'' <small>Serène, 1971</small>
*''[Tmethypocoelis](/source/Tmethypocoelis)'' <small>Koelbel, 1897</small>

==References==
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Category:Ocypodoidea
Category:Decapod families

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