Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Calappa gattoides Stimpson, 1859
Calappa galloides.—Stimpson,1859:71.
Calappa gallus.—Rathban, 1937:214, pl. 65: figs. 1,2.—Monod, 1956:100, figs. 115,116.—Fausto Filho, 1974:10.—Manning and Hollhuis, 1981:51. [Not Calappa gallus (Herbst.1803).]
MATERIAL.—Grice Marine Biological Laboratory Collection: Sta 80–68, off Pyramid Point,27 m: 1 juvenile [6.5].
Other Collections: McDowell (1980), offshore of Georgetown pierhead, 400–500 ft (122–152 m): 1 juvenile [13.9].
SIZE.—Carapace length of juveniles,6.5–13.9 mm.
HABITAT.—Sublittoral, in 27 and 122–152 meters.
DISTRIBUTION.—Amphi-Atlantic; West Africa, from the Cape Verde Islands to Angola; western Atlantic from Bermuda and Florida to Brazil, including Fernando de Noronha; central Adantic from Ascension; shore to 220 meters.
- bibliographic citation
- Manning, Raymond B. and Chace, Fenner Albert, Jr. 1990. "Decapod and stomatopod crustaceans from Ascension Island, south Atlantic Ocean." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-91. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.503
Calappa (crab): Brief Summary
provided by wikipedia EN
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.
- license
- cc-by-sa-3.0
- copyright
- Wikipedia authors and editors
Habitat
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Known from seamounts and knolls
Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
- license
- cc-by-4.0
- copyright
- WoRMS Editorial Board
.JPG)
