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50 Species in Family Calappidae
Nominal species list for Calappidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Platymera gaudichaudii Milne-Edwards, 1837 Armed box crab
Paracyclois atlantis Chace, 1939
Mursia microspina Davie & Short, 1989
Mursia musorstomia Galil, 1993
Mursia poupini Galil, 2001
Mursia spinimanus Rathbun, 1906
Mursia spiridonovi Karasawa, 2018
Mursia trispinosa Parisi, 1914
Mursia longispina Crosnier, 1997
Mursia hawaiiensis Rathbun, 1893
Mursia australiensis Campbell, 1971
Mursia bicristimana Alcock & Anderson, 1894
Mursia armata de Haan, 1837
Mursia aspera Alcock, 1899
Matuta victor (Fabricius, 1781) Common moon crab
Matuta planipes Fabricius, 1798 Flower moon crab
Cycloes marisrubri Galil & Clark, 1996 Wingless box crab
Cycloes granulosa De Haan, 1837
Cyclozodion tuberatum Williams & Child, 1989
Cyclozodion angustum (Milne-Edwards, 1880) Nodose box crab
Cryptosoma balguerii (Desbonne, 1867)
Cryptosoma bairdii (Stimpson, 1860) Shameface heart crab
Calappa woodmasoni Alcock, 1896
Calappula saussurei (Rathbun, 1898) Small arched box crab
Calappa torulosa Galil, 1997
Calappa tortugae Rathbun, 1933
Calappa sebastieni Galil, 1997
Calappa sulcata Rathbun, 1898 Yellow box crab
Calappa pokipoki Ng, 2000
Calappa rubroguttata Herklots, 1851 Spotted box crab
Calappa philargius (Linnaeus, 1758) Spectacled box crab
Calappa pelii Herklots, 1851 Spiny box crab
Calappa ocellata Holthuis, 1958 Ocellated box crab
Calappa nitida Holthuis, 1958 Ornamented boxcrab
Calappa lophos (Herbst, 1785) Common box crab
Calappa japonica Ortmann, 1892
Calappa hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758) Reef box crab
Calappa granulata (Linnaeus, 1767) Shamefaced crab
Calappa gallus (Herbst, 1803) Rough box crab
Calappa galloides Stimpson, 1859
Calappa flammea (Herbst, 1794) Flame box crab
Calappa convexa Saussure, 1853 Shame faced crab
Calappa clypeata Borradaile, 1903
Calappa cinerea Holthuis, 1958
Calappa capellonis (Laurie, 1906)
Calappa bilineata Ng, Lai & Aungtonya, 2002
Calappa calappa (Linnaeus, 1758) Giant box crab
Calappa bicornis (Miers, 1884)
Acanthocarpus bispinosus Milne-Edwards, 1880 Twospine box crab
Acanthocarpus alexandri Stimpson, 1871 Gladiator box crab
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