Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Rough Box Crab
Calappa gallus
Rough Box Crab
Also known as: Knobby Box Crab
Category: Box Crabs
Scientific Name: Calappa gallus
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)  
Depth: 10-180 ft. (3-55 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Calappidae (Family)
       └Calappa (Genus)

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