Calappidae is a family of crabs containing the following genera:[1][2][3]

Calappidae
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Recent
Calappa japonica seen from above; the front of the animal is at the top of the picture
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Calappoidea
Family: Calappidae
Milne-Edwards, 1837

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]

References

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  1. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  2. Biolib
  3. Ahyong, Shane T. (19 July 2024). "Calappidae De Haan, 1833". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
  4. Fossilworks