Belliidae is a family of crabs of the order Decapoda.
Belliidae | |
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Bellia picta | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Subsection: | Heterotremata |
Superfamily: | Bellioidea Dana, 1852 |
Family: | Belliidae Dana, 1852 |
Genera | |
They respond to predators by hyper-extending all of their limbs and remain in this position a long time (Hazlett).
Species
editSeven species belong to the family Belliidae :[1]
- Acanthocyclus albatrossis Rathbun, 1898
- Acanthocyclus gayi Lucas, 1844
- Acanthocyclus hassleri Rathbun, 1898
- Bellia picta H. Milne-Edwards, 1848
- Corystoides abbreviatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
- Corystoides chilensis Lucas, 1844
- Heterozius rotundifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
References
edit- ^ 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.
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. doi:10.1080/10236240500078339.
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