1. Start
  2. Crustaceans
  3. Crabs
  4. Calappa
  5. Calappa torulosa
Anzeige
Fauna Marin GmbH aquarioom.com Whitecorals.com Osci Motion Fauna Marin GmbH

Calappa torulosa Box Crab, Shame-faced Crab

Calappa torulosa 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 Gabriel Paladino Ibáñez, Uruguay

Calappa torulosa,Carapace width 49mm,Bohol, Philippines 2016


Courtesy of the author Gabriel Paladino Ibáñez, Uruguay Gabriel Paladino Ibáñez, Uruguay. Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

Uploaded by Muelly.

Image detail

Profile

lexID:
15371 
AphiaID:
440309 
Scientific:
Calappa torulosa 
German:
Schamkrabbe 
English:
Box Crab, Shame-faced Crab 
Category:
Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Calappidae (Family) > Calappa (Genus) > torulosa (Species) 
Initial determination:
Galil, 1997 
Occurrence:
Australia, Indian Ocean, Marschall Islands, Philippines, South-Pazific, Western Australia 
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:
2 - 85 Meter 
Habitats:
Sandbanks, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.39" - 1.97" (1cm - 5cm) 
Temperature:
77 °F - 82.4 °F (25°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Carrion, Clams, Hermit crabs, Predatory, Snails 
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:
2024-01-08 14:12:46 

Info

Calappa torulosa Galil, 1997

Calappa is a genus of crabs known commonly as box crabs or shame-faced crabs. The name box crab comes from their distinctly bulky carapace, and the name shame-faced is from anthropomorphising the way the crab's chelae (claws) fold up and cover its face, as if it were hiding its face in shame.

Pictures

Commonly

Calappa torulosa,Carapace width 49mm,Bohol, Philippines 2016
Calappa-torulosa-k08-110808 Kwajalein
Calappa-torulosa-jj-1839-072912 Kwajalein
Calappa-torulosa-jj-0398-073111 Kwajalein
Calappa-torulosa-jj-0272-111708, Kwajalein
Calappa-torulosa-jj-0016-021410, 5cm Kwajalein

Husbandry know-how of owners

0 husbandary tips from our users available
Show all and discuss