Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Yellow Box Crab
Calappa sulcata
Yellow Box Crab
Category: Box Crabs
Scientific Name: Calappa sulcata
Size: Up to 5 in. (14 cm)  
Depth: 3-600 ft. (1-180 m)
Distribution: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas, Gulf of America
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Calappidae (Family)
       └Calappa (Genus)

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