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Calappa capellonis Box crab, Shame-faced crab

Calappa capellonis is commonly referred to as Box crab, Shame-faced crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan

Calappa capellonis, Japan 1995

No. 0105-04,Place: No. 0297-01.Place: Ose-zaki, Numazu, Sizuoka pref., Japan (inner bay, sandy/muddy bottom, 6m deep).Comment: carapace width=5cm(approximately), preying on a small snail.
Courtesy of the author Hitoshi Takakura (Flickr Brachyura), Japan . Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

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lexID:
12108 
AphiaID:
440295 
Scientific:
Calappa capellonis 
German:
Schamkrabbe 
English:
Box Crab, Shame-faced Crab 
Category:
Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Calappidae (Family) > Calappa (Genus) > capellonis (Species) 
Initial determination:
Laurie, 1906 
Occurrence:
Australia, Central Pazific, China, India, Japan, Madagascar, New Caledonia, Okinawa, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Sri Lanka, the Seychelles, Vanuatu, Western Pacific Ocean 
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 - 70 Meter 
Habitats:
Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.79" - 1.57" (2,0cm - 4,5cm) 
Temperature:
24,5 °F - 28,8 °F (24,5°C - 28,8°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Clams, Crustaceans, Hermit crabs, Predatory, Snails, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
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:
2024-03-03 21:00:25 

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Calappa capellonis Laurie, 1906

Calappa is a genus of crabs known commonly as box crabs or shame-faced crabs. Colour is dark brown dorsally and light brown ventrally.

External links

  1. Researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 10.11.2023.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 10.11.2023.
  3. treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 10.11.2023.

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Calappa capellonis, Japan 1995
Calappa capellonis,Box crab,Philippines 2017

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