Biology:Calappoidea
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Short description: Superfamily of crabs
| Calappoidea | |
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| Calappa japonica seen from above | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Calappoidea H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 |
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Calappoidea is a superfamily of crabs comprising the two families Calappidae and Matutidae.[1] The earliest fossils attributable to the Calappoidea date from the Aptian.[2]
References
- ↑ Sammy De Grave et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf.
- ↑ Andreas Brösing (2008). "A reconstruction of an evolutionary scenario for the Brachyura (Decapoda) in the context of the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary". Crustaceana 81 (3): 271–287. doi:10.1163/156854008783564091. http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/30458/30458.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1139914 entry
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