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Calappoidea

Calappoidea
Temporal range: Aptian–Recent
Calappa japonica.jpg
Calappa japonica seen from above
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Calappoidea
H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
Families

Calappidae
Matutidae


Calappidae
Matutidae

Calappoidea is a superfamily of crabs comprising the two families Calappidae and Matutidae. The earliest fossils attributable to the Calappoidea date from the Aptian.



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