Subfamily Calappinae de Hann 1833 (box crab)
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae
Parent taxon: Calappidae according to J. S. H. Collins and H. Wienberg Rasmussen 1992
See also Feldmann 1993, Feldmann and Wilson 1988, Karasawa 1993, Schweitzer and Feldmann 1999 and Tiwari et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Acanthocarpus, Bittnerilia, Calappa, Calappella, Calappilia, Carinocalappa, Corallomursia, Corallomursinae, Cryptosoma, Cycloes, Matutinae, Mursia, Mursilata, Mursilia, Mursiopsis, Nantocyclois, Necrocarcininae, Paracorallomursia, Paracyclois, Pseudocorallomursia, Pseudomicippella, Stenodromia, Tavernolesia, Tutus
Subtaxa: Paramursia
Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Calappinae in the database