Biology:Dotilla myctiroides
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Short description: Species of crab
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| Dotilla myctiroides from Devbagh, Karwar, India | |
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| Species: | myctiroides
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| Dotilla myctiroides (H. Milne-Edwards, 1852)[1]
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Dotilla myctiroides is a species of sand bubbler crab found on tropical shores and mud-flats of India, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Sri Lanka.[2] 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.[3]
References
- ↑ Davie, P. (2012). "Dotilla myctiroides (H. Milne Edwards, 1852)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=444873i.
- ↑ 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. https://archive.org/stream/materialsforcarc00alco#page/368/mode/2up.
- ↑ 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.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13596814 entry
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