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
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Superfamily: | Calappoidea |
Family: |
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 |
Calappidae is a family of crabs containing 16 genera, of which 7 are only known as fossils: [1] [2] [3]
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]
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
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Superfamily: | Calappoidea |
Family: |
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 |
Calappidae is a family of crabs containing 16 genera, of which 7 are only known as fossils: [1] [2] [3]
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]