Calappa Guerini
''Calappa'' may refer to: * ''Calappa'' (crab), a genus of crabs, including the box crab * ''Calappa'', a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae; synonym of '' Cocos'' {{Genus disambiguation ...
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Calappa (crab)
''Calappa'' is a genus of crabs known commonly as box crabs or shame-faced crabs. The name ''box crab'' comes from their distinctly bulky carapace, and the name ''shame-faced'' is from anthropomorphising the way the crab's chelae (claws) fold up and cover its face, as if it were hiding its face in shame. Species There are 43 extant species in the genus: *'' Calappa acutispina'' Lai, Chan & Ng, 2006 *'' Calappa africana'' Lai & Ng, 2006 *'' Calappa bicornis'' Miers, 1884 *'' Calappa bilineata'' Ng, Lai & Aungtonya, 2002 *''Calappa calappa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Calappa capellonis'' Laurie, 1906 *'' Calappa cinerea'' Holthuis, 1958 *'' Calappa clypeata'' Borradaile, 1903 *'' Calappa conifera'' Galil, 1997 *'' Calappa convexa'' Saussure, 1853 *'' Calappa dumortieri'' Guinot, 1962 *'' Calappa exanthematosa'' Alcock & Anderson, 1894 *'' Calappa flammea'' (Herbst, 1794) *'' Calappa galloides'' Stimpson, 1859 *''Calappa gallus'' (Herbst, 1803) *''Calappa granulata'' ( Linnaeus, 1758) * ...
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