Belliidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Heterotremata
Superfamilia: Bellioidea

Familia: Belliidae
Subfamiliae: Belliinae - Heteroziinae
Name

Belliidae Dana, 1852
References
Dana, J. D., (1852). Conspectus Crustaceorum, &c. Conspectus of the Crustacea of the Exploring Expedition under Capt. Wilkes, U.S.N., including thr Crustacea Cancroidea Corystoidea. I. CRUSTACEA CANCROIDEA. Proceedings of the Academy of natural Science of Philadelphia, 6(III): 73–86.

Belliidae is a family of crabs of the order Decapoda.

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

Seven species belong to the family Belliidae :[1]

Acanthocyclus albatrossis Rathbun, 1898
Acanthocyclus gayi Lucas, 1844
Acanthocyclus hassleri Rathbun, 1898
Bellia picta H. Milne-Edwards, 1848
Corystoides abbreviatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
Corystoides chilensis Lucas, 1844
Heterozius rotundifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1867

References

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.