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Belliidae
Bellia picta
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Belliidae is a familyofcrabs 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[edit]

Seven species belong to the family Belliidae :[1]

References[edit]

  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.
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  • 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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