Calappa japonica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Calappidae |
Genus: | Calappa |
Species: | C. japonica
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Binomial name | |
Calappa japonica Ortmann, 1892
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Calappa japonica, also known as the Japanese shame-faced crab,[1] is a marine species of box crab in the family Calappidae.[2] Originally found in the waters around Japan, more recently it has been found in Africa, the Red Sea and Western Australia.