Belliidae is a family of crabs of the order Decapoda.

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

They respond to predators by hyper-extending all of its limbs and remain in this position for varied amounts of 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.


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.