Florent's Guide To The

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

Crustaceans
Box Crabs

Flame Box Crab

Yellow Box Crab

Tortuga Box Crab

Shameface Heart Crab



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