Australian Biological Resources Study

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Species Calappa hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Reef Box Crab

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific Oceans (Red Sea to Hawai'i and Clipperton Island).


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, coral reef, littoral, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Sandy, muddy or gravelly substrates, to 100 m depth.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
04-Jun-2012 04-Jun-2012 MOVED
10-May-2012 10-May-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)