Belliidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Belliidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Belliidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Belliidae
Belliidae is a family of crabs of the order Decapoda.
They respond to predators by hyper-extending all of their limbs and remain in this position a long time (Hazlett).
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