Calappidae

Calappidae is a family of crabs containing the following genera:^[1][2][3]

• Acanthocarpus Stimpson, 1871
• Calappa Weber, 1795
• †Calappella Rathbun, 1919
• †Calappilia A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
• Calappula Galil, 1997
• †Carinocalappa Beschin, Busulini & Tessier in Beschin, Busulini, Fornaciari, Papazzoni & Tessier, 2018
• Corallomursia De Angeli & Ceccon, 2014
• 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
• †Nantocyclois Beschin, Busulini & Tessier, 2013
• †Paracorallomursia Beschin, Busulini, Tessier & Zorzin, 2016
• Paracyclois Miers, 1886
• Platymera H. Milne Edwards, 1837
• †Pseudocorallomursia Beschin, Busulini, Tessier & Zorzin, 2016
• †Stenodromia A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
• †Tavernolesia Artal & Onetti, 2017
• †Tutus Collins in Collins, Portell & Donovan, 2009

Calappidae Temporal range: Cretaceous - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Calappa japonica seen from above; the front of the animal is at the top of the picture
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Superfamily:	Calappoidea
Family:	Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837

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]