Tags: Crustacean.
Dotilla myctiroides is a species of sand bubbler crab found on sea coasts in tropical Asia and East Asia from Karachi to Japan. 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.
