Английская Википедия:Calappa (crab)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Automatic taxobox

Calappa is a genus of crabs known commonly as box crabs or shame-faced crabs. The name box crab comes from their distinctly bulky carapace, and the name shame-faced is from anthropomorphising the way the crab's chelae (claws) fold up and cover its face, as if it were hiding its face in shame.[1]

Species

There are 43 extant species in the genus:[2] Шаблон:Linked species list


Extinct species

A further 18 species are known only from fossils.[3][4] Шаблон:Linked species list

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Fossil of Calappa species

Fossils of within this genus can be found in sediment of Europe, United States, Mexico, Central America, Australia and Japan from Paleogene to recent (age range: 33.9 to 0.0 Ma).

References

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External links

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