Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Full reference: M. J. Rathbun. 1918. Decapod crustaceans from the Panama region. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 103:123-184
Belongs to Calappa according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010
See also Luque et al. 2017 and Rathbun 1918
Sister taxa: Calappa chungii, Calappa depressa, Calappa earlei, Calappa flammea, Calappa gallus, Calappa granulata, Calappa granulatus, Calappa heberti, Calappa hepatica, Calappa japonica, Calappa lanensis, Calappa laraensis, Calappa lienharti, Calappa lophos, Calappa madoerensis, Calappa matzkei, Calappa nitida, Calappa oboui, Calappa ocalanus, Calappa pavimenta, Calappa philargius, Calappa praelata, Calappa protopustulosa, Calappa pustulosa, Calappa restricta, Calappa robertsi, Calappa sahelensis, Calappa sangiranensis, Calappa sexaspinosa, Calappa springeri, Calappa zinsmeisteri, Calappa zurcheri
Type specimen: USNM 324240. Its type locality is USGS 4269, Port Limon, which is in a Piacenzian/Gelasian marine siliciclastic in the Moin Formation of Costa Rica.
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS 4269, Port Limon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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