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Calappa calappa Smooth Box Crab,Red-spotted Box Crab, Giant Box Crab

Calappa calappa is commonly referred to as Smooth Box Crab,Red-spotted Box Crab, Giant Box Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: toxic.

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Giant Box Crab,Grosse Schamkrabbe,Calappa calappa 2019


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lexID:
3202 
AphiaID:
209498 
Scientific:
Calappa calappa 
German:
Glatte Schamkrabbe, Rot Gepunktete Schamkrabbe, Große Schamkrabbe 
English:
Smooth Box Crab,Red-spotted Box Crab, Giant Box Crab 
Category:
Крабы 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Calappidae (Family) > Calappa (Genus) > calappa (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South-Pazific, Taiwan, Tansania, the Seychelles 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1 - 80 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
5.12" - 5.91" (13cm - 15cm) 
Temperature:
22,2 °F - 29,2 °F (22,2°C - 29,2°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Carrion, Clams, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
toxic 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-12-23 14:46:09 

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Calappa calappa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Calappa calappa, also known as the smooth or red-spotted or giant box crab, can be found in the tropical Indo-Pacific. Two color morphs are known: one uniform tan and the other speckled with numerous red to maroon spots.

Poisonous to eat!

Pattern and colour are highly variable.It is a nocturnal crab and is able, when threatened, to swiftly burrow beneath the sand. It feeds mainly on mollusks such as clams.

Synonymised names
Calappa fornicata Fabricius, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Calappe fornicata (Fabricius, 1782) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cancer calappa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cancer cerratonis Curtiss, 1944 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 11.11.2023.
  2. underwaterkwaj.com (en). Abgerufen am 08.05.2021.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Calappa calappa, Philipinen 2017
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Calappa calappa, Philipinen 2017
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Nachttauchgang in den Philippinen auf der Insel Malapascua 2017
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Calappa calappa,Smooth box crab,Red-spotted box crab,Philippines 2017​
Calappa calappa,Crabe honteux géant,Giant box crab, Zamboanguita, Negros Oriental, Philippines 2019
Calappa calappa Taiwan 2020
Giant Box Crab,Grosse Schamkrabbe,Calappa calappa 2019
Giant Box Crab,Grosse Schamkrabbe,Calappa calappa 2019
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