Species Calappa calappa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Giant Box Crab
- Cancer calappa Linnaeus, C. 1758. Cancer. pp. 625-634 in Linnaeus, C. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [630].
Type data:
Status unknown, 'Habitat in Asia'. - Cancer calappoides Rumphius, G.E. 1741. D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer, behelzende eene beschryvinge van allerhande zoo weeke als harde schaalvisschen, te weeten raare Krabben, Kreeften, en diergelyke Zeedieren, als mede allerhande Hoorntjes en Schulpen, die men in d'Amboinsche Zee vindt : daar beneven zommige Mineraalen, Gesteenten, en soorten van Aarde, die in d'Amboinsche, en zommige omleggende Eilanden gevonden worden : Verdeelt in drie bocken, &c. Rumpf, Georg Eberhard, 1627–1702. Amsterdam Vol. I 340 pp. 60 pls [first edition 1705]. [21 pl. 11 figs 2, 3] [pre-Linnaean, and therefore nomenclaturally unavailable].
- Cancer flosculus Seba, A. 1759. Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio et iconibus artificiosissimis expressio per universam physices historiam. Amsterdam. Vol. 3. 212 pp. 116 pls [pl. 19 fig. 24] [name not formed as a Linnaean binominal, and therefore nomenclaturally unavailable].
- Cancer heracleoticus Seba, A. 1759. Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio et iconibus artificiosissimis expressio per universam physices historiam. Amsterdam. Vol. 3. 212 pp. 116 pls [51 pl. 20 figs 7, 8] [name not formed as a Linnaean binominal, and therefore nomenclaturally unavailable].
- Cancer fornicatus Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species Insectorum exhibentes eorum Differentias, specificas, Synonyma auctorum, Loca natalia, Metamorphosia adiectis Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Hamburg & Kilonii : C.E. Bohnii Vol. 2 viii 552 pp. [502].
Type data:
Status unknown, not determined. - Cancer cerratonis Curtiss, A. 1944. Further notes on the zoology of Tahiti. Privately printed. 30 pp. [29].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Galil, B.S. 1997. Crustacea Decapoda: A revision of the Indo-Pacific species of the genus Calappa Weber, 1795 (Calappidae). pp. 271-335 in Crosnier, A. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 18. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 176: 1-570 [279]
- Ng, P.K.L., Eldredge, L.G. & Evenhuis, N.L. 2011. The names of decapod and stomatopod Crustacea from Tahiti, French Polynesia, established by Anthony Curtis in 1938 and 1944. Zootaxa 3099: 43-56 [45 (Table 1), 53]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific (East Africa to Japan and Hawai'i).
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Province (4)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, low intertidal, sand bottom, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Intertidal to 50 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) |