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Family of crabs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Calappidae is a family of crabs containing 16 genera, of which 7 are only known as fossils:[1][2][3]
Calappidae Temporal range: | |
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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 |
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]
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