Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Giant Box Crab
Calappa calappa
Giant Box Crab
Also known as: Smooth Box Crab
Category: Box Crabs
Scientific Name: Calappa calappa
Size: Up to 6 in. (15 cm)  
Depth: 6-150 ft. (2-45 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Calappidae (Family)
       └Calappa (Genus)

Crustaceans
Box Crabs

Giant Box Crab

Rough Box Crab

Two Horn Box Crab



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