Species Calappa woodmasoni Alcock, 1896
Little Crested Crab
- Calappa woodmasoni Alcock, A. 1896. Materials for a Carcinological Fauna of India. No. 2. The Brachyura Oxystoma. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 65(Pt 2 No. 2): 134-296 pls 6-8 [148 pl. 6 fig. 2].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZSI (probable depository institution), India. - Calappa depressa Miers, E.J. 1886. Report on the Brachyura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 17(49): i-xlix 1-362 pls 1-29 [287 pl. 23 fig. 2] [name preoccupied].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1884.31 ♀, south coast of Australia. - Calappa alata Rathbun, M.J. 1911. Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner. Vol. III. No. XI. Marine Brachyura. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London Zool. 14(2): 191-261, text-figs 1, 2 pls 15-20 [198 pl. 15 fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 41057 ♂, Amirante Is.
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 [288]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific (East Africa, Madagascar, Comoro Island, New Caledonia).
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Northwest Province (4)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
From 2–350 m depth.
General References
Hale, H.M. 1927. The Crustaceans of South Australia. Eumalacostraca. Adelaide : Government Printer Vol. 1 201 pp., 202 figs. (description and illustration)
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) |