Belliidae

Belliidae
Bellia picta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Bellioidea
Dana, 1852
Family: Belliidae
Dana, 1852
Genera

Belliidae is a family of crabs of the order Decapoda.

They respond to predators by hyper-extending all of their limbs and remain in this position a long time (Hazlett).

Species

Seven species belong to the family Belliidae :

References

  1. ↑ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.

Further reading

Hazlett, B. A.; Mclay, C. L. (2005). "Anti-predator responses of the intertidal crab Heterozius rotundifrons (Brachyura: Belliidae) in air and water". Marine & Freshwater Behaviour & Physiology. 38 (2): 95–103. Bibcode:2005MFBP...38...95H. doi:10.1080/10236240500078339.