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Checklist for Family Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 (Box Crab)
and region Japan (East Asia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
337
1830
5827
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
335
1828
5824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
161
1152
4062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
159
1143
4017
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
148
1092
3833
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
82
654
2031
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
72
593
1888
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
54
462
1516
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Calappoidea
De Haan, 1833
3
10
54
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCalappidae
Milne-Edwards, 1837
Box Crab, Box crabs
5
37
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Japan
5 Genera with 37 Species
Acanthocarpus Stimpson, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Calappa Weber, 1896Box crabs20SpeciesTaxom
Cycloes De Haan, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Mursia Desmarest, 191413SpeciesTaxom
Paracyclois Miers, 18863SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Japan
37 Species and 1 Subspecies
Acanthocarpus brevispinis Monod, 1946
Calappa bicornis Miers, 1884Shame-faced Crab
Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758Giant Box Crab
Calappa capellonis Laurie, 1906Box Crab
Calappa clypeata Borradaile, 1903
Calappa depressa (Miers, 1886)⇒ Aethra scruposa Linnaeus, 1764
Calappa flammea Herbst, 1794Flame box crab
Calappa gallus Herbst, 1803Knobby Box Crab
Calappa granulata Linnaeus, 1767Mediterranean Shame-faced Crab
Calappa heberti Brocchi, 1883
Calappa hepatica Linnaeus, 1758Long-eyed Box Crab
Calappa japonica Ortmann, 1892Japanese Box Crab
Calappa liaoi Ng, 2002Ocellated Box Crab
Calappa lophos Herbst, 1782Common Box Crab
Calappa philargius Linnaeus, 1758Red-spotted Box Crab
Calappa pustulosa Alcock, 1896Pustule Box Crab
Calappa quadrimaculata Takeda & Shi..., 1990
Calappa terraereginae (Ward, 1936)⇒ Calappa clypeata Borradaile, 1903
Calappa tuberculata Fabricius, 1793
Calappa undulata Dai & Yang, 1991Undulated Box Crab
Calappa woodmasoni Alcock, 1896Little Crested Crab
Cycloes granulosa De Haan, 1837Box Crab
Mursia armata De Haan, 1837
Mursia armata trispinosa Parisi, 1914
Mursia aspera Alfred Willi..., 1899
Mursia australiensis Campbell, 1971
Mursia bicristimana Alcock & And..., 1895
Mursia curtispina Miers, 1886
Mursia danigoi Galil, 1993
Mursia hawaiiensis Rathbun, 1894
Mursia microspina Davie & Short, 1989
Mursia minuta Spiridonov &..., 2007
Mursia orientalia Takeda & Galil, 2005
Mursia takahashii Imaizumi, 1952
Mursia trispinosa Parisi, 1914
Paracyclois atlantis Chace, 1939
Paracyclois milne-edwards
Paracyclois milneedwardsii Miers, 1886


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