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Calappa logo #21000[crab] Calappa is a genus of crabs known commonly as box crabs or shame-faced crabs. The name box crab comes from their distinctly bulky carapace, and the name shame-faced is from anthropomorphising the way the crab`s chelae (claws) fold up and cover its face, as if it were hiding its face in shame. There are 41 extant species in the genus:...
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