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Updated 2/14/2015

Family Calappidae

HAWAII

Calappa gallus



Kewalo, Oahu, 75 feet

Koko Craters, Oahu, 35 feet

KNOBBY BOX CRAB

Lives among rubble and difficult to spot.  Covered with large nodules, claws with strongly serrated upper margins, walking legs yellow.  Attains carapace with of 2.5 inches.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.