Calappidae
Calappidae
Family of crabs
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]
