Calappidae
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Calappidae is a family
Family (biology)
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 of crab
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...

s containing 16 genera
Genera
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, of which 7 are only known as fossil
Fossil
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  • Acanthocarpus
    Acanthocarpus (crab)
    Acanthocarpus is a genus of crabs in the family Calappidae, containing the following species:* Acanthocarpus africanus Capart, 1951* Acanthocarpus alexandri Stimpson, 1871* Acanthocarpus bispinosus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880...

    Stimpson, 1871
  • Calappa
    Calappa (crab)
    Calappa is a genus of crabs known commonly as box crabs, or shame-faced crabs. The name box crab comes from their distinctly bulky carapace, and the name shame-faced is from anthropomorphising the way their chelae fold in in front of their face, as if hiding it in shame.-Species:There are 41...

    Weber, 1795
  • Calappella Rathbun, 1919
  • Calappilia A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
  • Calappula
    Calappula
    Calappula saussurei is a species of crab in the family Calappidae, the only species in the genus Calappula....

    Galil, 1997
  • Cryptosoma
    Cryptosoma
    Cryptosoma is a genus of crabs in the family Calappidae, containing the following species:* Cryptosoma bairdii * Cryptosoma balguerii * Cryptosoma cristatum Brullé, 1837...

    Brullé, 1839
  • Cycloes
    Cycloes
    Cycloes is a genus of crabs in the family Calappidae, containing the following species:* Cycloes bairdii Stimpson, 1860* Cycloes granulosa De Haan, 1837* Cycloes marisrubri Galil & Clark, 1996...

    De Haan, 1837
  • Cyclozodion
    Cyclozodion
    Cyclozodion is a genus of crabs in the family Calappidae, containing the following species:* Cyclozodion angustum * Cyclozodion tuberatum Williams & Child, 1989...

    Williams & Child, 1989
  • Mursia
    Mursia
    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 Alcock, 1899* Mursia aurorae Galil & Ng, 2009...

    A. G. Desmarest, 1823
  • Mursilata C.-H. Hu & Tao, 1996
  • Mursilia Rathbun, 1918
  • Mursiopsis Ristori, 1889
  • Paracyclois
    Paracyclois
    Paracyclois is a genus of crabs in the family Calappidae, containing the following species:* Paracyclois atlantis Chace, 1939* Paracyclois milneedwardsii Miers, 1886...

    Miers, 1886
  • Platymera
    Platymera
    Platymera is a genus of crabs in the family Calappidae, containing the following species:* Platymera californiensis Rathbun, 1894* Platymera gaudichaudii H. Milne Edwards, 1837...

    H. Milne Edwards, 1837
  • Stenodromia A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
  • Tutus Collins in Collins, Portell & Donovan, 2009
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