Calappidae Explained

Calappidae is a family of crabs containing 16 genera, of which 7 are only known as fossils:^{[1] [2] [3]}

• 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 and Japan from Cretaceous to recent (age range: 66.043 to 0.0 Ma).^[4]

Notes and References

1. . 2009 . Suppl. 21 . 1–109 . A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . Sammy De Grave . N. Dean Pentcheff . Shane T. Ahyong . . etal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf . 2011-06-06 .
2. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id84488/ Biolib
3. Peter Davie . 2015 . Calappidae . 106747 . 12 December 2015.
4. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=93849 Fossilworks