Species list, Checklist of Family Calappidae (Box Crab) for Guyana (Northern South America)

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Checklist for Family Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 (Box Crab)
and region Guyana (Northern South America)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	85 186 300	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	85 186 300	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	53 120 227	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	53 120 227	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	46 97 172	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	22 53 92	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	20 50 88	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	16 39 65	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Calappoidea De Haan, 1833	2 4 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 Box Crab, Box crabs	2 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Guyana
2 Genera with 5 Species

Calappa Weber, 1898	Box crabs	4	Species	Taxom
Cyclozodion Williams & C..., 1880		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Guyana
5 Species

Calappa angusta (A. Milne-Edw..., 1880)	⇒ Cyclozodion angustum Milne-Edwards, 1880
Calappa flammea Herbst, 1794	Flame box crab
Calappa nitida Holthuis, 1958
Calappa sulcata Rathbun, 1898	Yellow box crab
Cyclozodion angustum Milne-Edwards, 1880	Nodose box crab

Links, sources and further information

Calappidae at biodiversity.org.au
Calappidae at gbif.org
Calappidae at irmng.org
Calappidae at itis.gov
Calappidae at marinespecies.org