Calappa hepatica

Calappa hepatica
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Calappidae
Genus: Calappa
Species:
C. hepatica
Binomial name
Calappa hepatica
Synonyms 
  • Cancer afata Curtiss, 1938
  • Cancer hepaticus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Cancer tuberculatus Herbst, 1785
  • Calappa tuberculosa Guérin, 1829
  • Calappa spinosissima H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
  • Calappe sandwichien Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842

Calappa hepatica, the reef box crab, is a common benthic species of box crab of tropical and subtropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans and the Red Sea.

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