Calappidae
Encyclopedia
Calappidae is a family
of crab
s containing 16 genera
, of which 7 are only known as fossil
s:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
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
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
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- AcanthocarpusAcanthocarpus (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 - CalappaCalappa (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
- CalappulaCalappulaCalappula saussurei is a species of crab in the family Calappidae, the only species in the genus Calappula....
Galil, 1997 - CryptosomaCryptosomaCryptosoma is a genus of crabs in the family Calappidae, containing the following species:* Cryptosoma bairdii * Cryptosoma balguerii * Cryptosoma cristatum Brullé, 1837...
Brullé, 1839 - CycloesCycloesCycloes 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 - CyclozodionCyclozodionCyclozodion is a genus of crabs in the family Calappidae, containing the following species:* Cyclozodion angustum * Cyclozodion tuberatum Williams & Child, 1989...
Williams & Child, 1989 - MursiaMursiaMursia 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
- ParacycloisParacycloisParacyclois is a genus of crabs in the family Calappidae, containing the following species:* Paracyclois atlantis Chace, 1939* Paracyclois milneedwardsii Miers, 1886...
Miers, 1886 - PlatymeraPlatymeraPlatymera 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