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Calappa gallus

Calappa gallus, common name rough box crab, or lumpy box crab, and Hawaiian name poki poki, is a benthic species of box crab in the family Calappidae.

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Calappa gallus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Calappidae
Genus: Calappa
Species:
C. gallus
Binomial name
Calappa gallus
(Herbst, 1803)

Calappa gallus, common name rough box crab,1 or lumpy box crab,2 and Hawaiian name poki poki,2 is a benthic species of box crab in the family Calappidae.1

References

References

  1. Peter Davie (2012). "Calappa gallus (Herbst, 1803)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  2. "Family Calappidae - Marine Invertebrates of Kalaupapa National Historical Park". Botany.hawaii.edu. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
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