🦋 Family

Calappidae

2 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Calappidae

Calappa hepatica is a reef-dwelling Indo-Pacific box crab that hunts for molluscs and hermit crabs at night.

Calappa calappa is a nocturnal burrowing crab that preys on mollusks, found across the Indo-Pacific.

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