Calappa japonica seen from above; the front of the animal is at the top of the picture
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Suborder:
Pleocyemata
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Superfamily:
Calappoidea
Family:
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837
Calappidae is a family of crabs containing 16 genera, of which 7 are only known as fossils:[1][2][3]
Acanthocarpus Stimpson, 1871
Calappa Weber, 1795
† Calappella Rathbun, 1919
† Calappilia A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
Calappula Galil, 1997
Cryptosoma Brullé, 1839
Cycloes De Haan, 1837
Cyclozodion Williams & Child, 1989
Mursia A. G. Desmarest, 1823
† Mursilata C.-H. Hu & Tao, 1996
† Mursilia Rathbun, 1918
† Mursiopsis Ristori, 1889
Paracyclois Miers, 1886
Platymera H. Milne Edwards, 1837
† Stenodromia A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
† Tutus Collins in Collins, Portell & Donovan, 2009
Fossils within this family can be found in sediment of Europe, United States, Mexico, Central America, Australia and Japan from Cretaceous to recent (age range: 66.043 to 0.0 Ma).[4]
^Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
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^Peter Davie (2015). "Calappidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
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Beschin et al. Eocene (Priabonian) Italy A crab, a member of the family Calappidae. The type species is C. lineamenta. Cenomanocarcinus lenzenwegeri Sp....
Calappidae. Peter Davie (2012). "Calappa gallus (Herbst, 1803)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 30, 2016. "Family Calappidae...
revision of the Indo-Pacific species of the genus Calappa Weber, 1795 (Calappidae)" (PDF). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 176: 273. Sutton...
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Japanese shame-faced crab, is a marine species of box crab in the family Calappidae. Originally found in the waters around Japan, more recently it has been...
Mursiopsis is an extinct genus of box crabs belonging to the family Calappidae. The type species of the genus is Mursiopsis pustulosus, Ristori 1889. Fossils...
contained the single genus Matuta, and was considered a subfamily of the Calappidae. Now, the group is ranked as a family and six genera (four extant and...
Cryptosoma is a genus of crabs in the family Calappidae, containing the following species: Cryptosoma bairdii (Stimpson, 1860) Cryptosoma balguerii (Desbonne...
Cyclozodion is a genus of crabs in the family Calappidae, containing the following species: Cyclozodion angustum (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) Cyclozodion tuberatum...
Platymera is a genus of crabs in the family Calappidae, containing the following species: Platymera californiensis Rathbun, 1894 Platymera gaudichaudii...
Mursia is a genus of crabs in the family Calappidae, containing the following species: Mursia africana Galil, 1993 Mursia armata De Haan, 1837 Mursia aspera...
Calappilia is an extinct genus of box crabs belonging to the family Calappidae. The type species of the genus is Calappilia verrucosa. Fossils of crabs...
the Asparagaceae Acanthocarpus (crab), a genus of crabs in the family Calappidae This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct genera with the...
Maria (1995). Population structure of Hepatus pudibundus, Decapoda : Calappidae in Fortaleza Bay, Brazil. Universidad de Costa Rica. OCLC 819781675.{{cite...
Paracyclois is a genus of crabs in the family Calappidae, containing the following species: Paracyclois atlantis Chace, 1939 Paracyclois milneedwardsii...
Cycloes is a genus of crabs in the family Calappidae, containing the following species: Cycloes bairdii Stimpson, 1860 Cycloes granulosa De Haan, 1837...
The list of marine crustaceans of South Africa is a list of saltwater species that form a part of the crustacean (Phylum Arthropoda, several classes) fauna...
(2016). "Paleobiogeography of the fossil box crab Calappilia (Brachyura: Calappidae) with a new species from the Eocene-Oligocene of Florida, USA". Journal...
recorded as syn. Callichirus kraussi (Stebbing, 1900), (TMNP MPA). Family Calappidae Masked crab, Mursia cristiata H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 (Saldanha Bay to...
Busulini & Tessier Eocene (Ypresian) Italy A crab belonging to the family Calappidae. Daira vestenanovensis Sp. nov Valid Beschin, Busulini & Tessier Eocene...
Tessier in Beschin et al. Eocene (Priabonian) Italy A member of the family Calappidae. Costadromia Gen. et sp. nov Valid Feldmann & Schweitzer Late Cretaceous...
De Angeli & Ceccon Early Eocene Italy A crab belonging to the family Calappidae. Genus includes new species C. eocaena. Ctenocheles fritschi Sp. nov Valid...
Alessandro Garassino (2017). "Calappa damarcoi n. sp. (Crustacea, Brachyura, Calappidae) from the early Oligocene of the Ligure Piemontese Basin, Piedmont (NW...
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