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Family: Dotillidae (See list of species below)

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27 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Dotilla blanfordi []	No picture found Dotilla myctiroides [Soldier crab]	No picture found Dotilla sulcata []
No picture found Dotilla wichmanni []	No picture found Dotillopsis brevitarsis []	No picture found Ilyoplax delsmani [White semaphore crab]
No picture found Ilyoplax deschampsi []	No picture found Ilyoplax formosensis []	No picture found Ilyoplax frater []
No picture found Ilyoplax lingulata []	No picture found Ilyoplax longicarpa []	No picture found Ilyoplax ningpoensis []
No picture found Ilyoplax obliqua [Tweedie's semaphore crab]	No picture found Ilyoplax orientalis []	No picture found Ilyoplax punctata []
No picture found Ilyoplax stevensi []	No picture found Ilyoplax strigicarpus []	No picture found Ilyoplax tansuiensis []
No picture found Scopimera bitympana []	No picture found Scopimera crabicauda []	No picture found Scopimera curtelsona []
No picture found Scopimera globosa [Globular ghost crab]	No picture found Scopimera inflata []	No picture found Scopimera intermedia []
No picture found Scopimera kochi []	No picture found Shenius anomalus [Shen crab]	No picture found Tmethypocoelis ceratophora []

27 Species of Family Dotillidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Dotilla blanfordi		Western Indian Ocean.
Dotilla myctiroides	Soldier crab	Northwest and Western Cen
Dotilla sulcata		Western Indian Ocean.
Dotilla wichmanni		Indo-West Pacific	0.89 CW
Dotillopsis brevitarsis		Western Central Pacific
Ilyoplax delsmani	White semaphore crab	Western Central Pacific
Ilyoplax deschampsi		Northwest Pacific
Ilyoplax formosensis		Northwest Pacific
Ilyoplax frater		Western Indian Ocean.
Ilyoplax lingulata		Western Central Pacific
Ilyoplax longicarpa		Western Central Pacific
Ilyoplax ningpoensis		Northwest Pacific	0.99 CW
Ilyoplax obliqua	Tweedie's semaphore crab	Western Central Pacific
Ilyoplax orientalis		Western Central Pacific
Ilyoplax punctata		Western Central Pacific
Ilyoplax stevensi		Western Indian Ocean.
Ilyoplax strigicarpus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Ilyoplax tansuiensis		Northwest Pacific
Scopimera bitympana		Northwest Pacific	1.08 CW
Scopimera crabicauda		Western Indian Ocean.
Scopimera curtelsona		Northwest Pacific
Scopimera globosa	Globular ghost crab	Northwest and Western Cen
Scopimera inflata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Scopimera intermedia		Western Pacific
Scopimera kochi		Eastern Indian Ocean
Shenius anomalus	Shen crab	Western Central Pacific
Tmethypocoelis ceratophora		Northwest Pacific

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