Checklist for Family Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 (Box Crab)
and region Seychelles (Indian Ocean islands)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 154
566
1216 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 154
566
1216 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 87
403
975 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 85
397
960 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 79
384
938 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 47
245
563 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
| 41
218
521 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
| 30
177
427 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Calappoidea
De Haan, 1833
| 2
4
17 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Calappidae
Milne-Edwards, 1837
Box Crab, Box crabs | 2
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Seychelles
2 Genera with 13 Species
Species list for Seychelles
13 Species | Calappa alata (Rathbun, 1911) | ⇒ Calappa woodmasoni Alcock, 1896 | | Calappa bicornis Miers, 1884 | Shame-faced Crab | | Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758 | Giant Box Crab | | Calappa capellonis Laurie, 1906 | Box Crab | | Calappa depressa (Miers, 1886) | ⇒ Aethra scruposa Linnaeus, 1764 | | Calappa gallus Herbst, 1803 | Knobby Box Crab | | Calappa hepatica Linnaeus, 1758 | Long-eyed Box Crab | | Calappa lophos Herbst, 1782 | Common Box Crab | | Calappa monilicanthus Galil, 1997 | | | Calappa spinosissima (H. Milne Edw..., 1837) | ⇒ Calappa hepatica Linnaeus, 1758 | | Calappa tuberculata Fabricius, 1793 | | | Calappa woodmasoni Alcock, 1896 | Little Crested Crab | | Calappula saussurei Rathbun, 1898 | |
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
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