Species Calappa philargius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cancer philargius 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. [626].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (lost), Asia.

  Type locality references:

  Tyndale-Biscoe, M. & George, R.W. 1962. The Oxystomata and Gymnopleura (Crustacea, Brachyura) of Western Australia with descriptions of two species from Western Australia and one from India. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 45(3): 65-96 figs 1-9 pls 1-3.
• Cancer inconspectus Herbst, J.F.W. 1794. Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer Systematischen Beischreibung ihrer Verschieden Arten. Berlin & Stralsund Vol. 2 Pt 5 pp. 147162 pls 37–40. [published from 1782–1804] [162 pl. 40 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB Herbst 0774 ♂, 'Ostindien'.
• Calappa cristata Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae : Proft et Storch ii 573 pp. [346].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, (lost), China.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Guinot, D. 1962. Description de Calappa dumortieri sp. nov., de Menaethiops ninnii sp. nov. et de Stilbognathus soikai sp. nov. Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia 15: 21-33 pl. [27]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, muddy sand, sand bottom, sublittoral.

Extra Ecological Information

Broken shell and rubble bottoms, depth 8–120 m.

 

History of changes

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)