''Cryptosoma'' is a genus of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s in the family
Calappidae
Calappidae is a family of crabs containing 16 genera, of which 7 are only known as fossils:
*''Acanthocarpus'' Stimpson, 1871
*'' Calappa'' Weber, 1795
*† '' Calappella'' Rathbun, 1919
*† '' Calappilia'' A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
*'' Calappula ...
, containing the following species:
* ''
Cryptosoma bairdii''
(Stimpson, 1860)
* ''
Cryptosoma balguerii''
(Desbonne, in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867)
* ''
Cryptosoma cristatum''
Brullé, 1837
* ''
Cryptosoma dentatum''
Brullé, 1839
* ''
Cryptosoma garthi''
Galil & Clark, 1996
* ''
Cryptosoma orientis''
Adams & White, 1849
* ''
Cryptosoma pallidum''
Selenka, de Man & Bülow, 1883
* ''
Cryptosoma strombi
''Cryptosoma'' is a genus of crabs in the family Calappidae
Calappidae is a family of crabs containing 16 genera, of which 7 are only known as fossils:
*''Acanthocarpus'' Stimpson, 1871
*'' Calappa'' Weber, 1795
*† '' Calappella'' Rathbun ...
''
Selenka, de Man & Bülow, 1883
References
Calappoidea
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