Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean 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)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Calappoidea (Superfamily)
         └Calappidae (Family)
          └Calappa (Genus)
           └C. sulcata (Species)

Crustaceans
Box Crabs

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