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Calappa granulatus Linnaeus 1758 (box crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Alternative combination: Cancer granulatus

Belongs to Calappa according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Collins et al. 2009, De Angeli et al. 2009, Garassino and De Angeli 2004, Garassino et al. 2004, Linnaeus 1758 and Tiwari et al. 1997

Sister taxa: Calappa chungii, Calappa costaricana, Calappa depressa, Calappa earlei, Calappa flammea, Calappa gallus, Calappa granulata, 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

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Calappa granulatus in the database

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