Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Flame Box Crab
Calappa flammea
Flame Box Crab
Category: Box Crabs
Scientific Name: Calappa flammea
Size: Up to 4 in. (10 cm)  
Depth: 10-250 ft. (3-75 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas, Gulf of America
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Calappidae (Family)
       └Calappa (Genus)

Crustaceans
Box Crabs

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