Calappa Weber, 1795

TAVARES, MARCOS & MENDONÇA, JOEL BRAGA DE JR., 2022, Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the remote oceanic Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean, Zootaxa 5146 (1), pp. 1-129 : 23

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5146.1.1
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scientific name	Calappa Weber, 1795
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Genus Calappa Weber, 1795 View in CoL View at ENA

Type species. Cancer granulatus Linnaeus, 1758 [Type locality: erroneously given as “America”].

Remarks. Linnaeus (1758: 627) stated that his Cancer granulatus inhabits America, however this species is actually known from the eastern Atlantic (Gulf of Biscay to Cape Verde) and Mediterranean Sea. The genus is worldwide in distribution, mainly in tropical and subtropical zones.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Decapoda
InfraOrder	Brachyura
SuperFamily	Calappoidea
Family	Calappidae

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