Calappoidea
Superfamily of crabs
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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]
| Calappoidea Temporal range: | |
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| Calappa japonica seen from above | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Calappoidea H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 |
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