Box crab
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| 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. They are known to burrow in the seabed. They push their chelae forward against the substratum which in turn pushes their carapace down and backward into the sediment. Through this process, Calappa either submerges itself completely or leaves just its eyes exposed.
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