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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 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).