Dotillidae

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.

Dotillidae
Scopimera globosa, a sand bubbler crab
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Section:	Eubrachyura
Subsection:	Thoracotremata
Superfamily:	Ocypodoidea
Family:	Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858

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