Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Tortuga Box Crab
Calappula tortugae
Tortuga Box Crab
Also known as: Nodose Box Crab
Category: Box Crabs
Scientific Name: Calappula tortugae
Synonyms: Calappa tortugae
Size: Up to 2 in. (2 cm)  
Depth: 20-700 ft. (6-200 m)
Distribution: Florida, E. Caribbean, 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)
          └Calappula (Genus)
           └C. tortugae (Species)

Crustaceans
Box Crabs

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