Calappidae
| Calappidae Temporal range: Cretaceous - Recent |
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| Calappa japonica seen from above; the front of the animal is at the top of the picture | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Calappoidea |
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Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 |
Calappidae is a family of crabs containing 16 genera, of which 7 are only known as fossils:
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).
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