Calappidae

Calappidae
Temporal range:
Calappa japonica seen from above; the front of the animal is at the top of the picture
Scientific classification
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 the following genera:

  • Acanthocarpus Stimpson, 1871
  • Calappa Weber, 1795
  • Calappella Rathbun, 1919
  • Calappilia A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
  • Calappula Galil, 1997
  • Carinocalappa Beschin, Busulini & Tessier in Beschin, Busulini, Fornaciari, Papazzoni & Tessier, 2018
  • Corallomursia De Angeli & Ceccon, 2014
  • Cryptosoma Brullé, 1839
  • Cycloes De Haan, 1837
  • Cyclozodion Williams & Child, 1989
  • Mursia A. G. Desmarest, 1823
  • Mursilata C.-H. Hu & Tao, 1996
  • Mursilia Rathbun, 1918
  • Mursiopsis Ristori, 1889
  • Nantocyclois Beschin, Busulini & Tessier, 2013
  • Paracorallomursia Beschin, Busulini, Tessier & Zorzin, 2016
  • Paracyclois Miers, 1886
  • Platymera H. Milne Edwards, 1837
  • Pseudocorallomursia Beschin, Busulini, Tessier & Zorzin, 2016
  • Stenodromia A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
  • Tavernolesia Artal & Onetti, 2017
  • Tutus Collins in Collins, Portell & Donovan, 2009

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).