Dotilla myctiroides
Dotilla myctiroides | |
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Dotilla myctiroides from Devbagh, Karwar, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Dotillidae |
Genus: | Dotilla |
Species: | myctiroides |
Binomial name | |
Dotilla myctiroides (H. Milne-Edwards, 1852) | |
Dotilla myctiroides is a species of sand bubbler crab found on sea coasts in tropical Asia and East Asia, from Karachi to Japan.[1] They breed throughout the year but activity peaks during the monsoons. This species builds a burrow, called an "igloo", in unstable sand as well as in well-drained and firm sand. In building the igloo, the crab excavates sand and forms it into spherical pellets. These pellets are used to form a circular wall and roof in the burrow. The resulting structure holds a small amount of air in addition to the crab itself.[2]
References
- ↑ Alcock, Alfred (1900). "Materials for a Carcinological Fauna of India, No. 6: The Brachyura Catometopa, or Grapsoidea". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Baptist Mission Press. 69 (3): 368–369. OCLC 18349194.
- ↑ Takeda, Satoshi; Matsumasa, Masatoshi; Yong, Hoi-Sen; Murai, Minoru (1996). ""Igloo" construction by the ocypodid crab, Dotilla myctiroides (Milne-Edwards) (Crustacea; Brachyura): The role of an air chamber when burrowing in a saturated sandy substratum". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. ElSevier. 198 (2): 237–247. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(96)00007-X.
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