Calappidae is a
family 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 containing 16
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
, of which 7 are only known as
fossils:
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Acanthocarpus''
Stimpson, 1871
*''
Calappa''
Weber, 1795
*† ''
Calappella''
Rathbun, 1919
*† ''
Calappilia''
A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
*''
Calappula''
Galil, 1997
*''
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
*''
Paracyclois''
Miers, 1886
*''
Platymera''
H. Milne Edwards, 1837
*† ''
Stenodromia''
A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
*† ''
Tutus''
Collins ''in'' Collins, Portell & Donovan, 2009
Fossils within this family can be found in sediment of
Europe,
United States,
Mexico,
Central America,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
and
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
from
Cretaceous to recent (age range: 66.043 to 0.0 Ma).
Fossilworks
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References
Calappoidea
Extant Cretaceous first appearances
Taxa named by Henri Milne-Edwards
Decapod families
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