Calappa lophos, Common box crab
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Calappa lophos   (Herbst, 1785)

Common box crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Calappidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

Revassocierade; djupintervall 10 - 100 m (Ref. 343).  Tropical; 38°N - 28°S, 33°E - 171°E

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Indo-Pacific: Japan to Southeast Asia, Australia to Sri Lanka.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm CW hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. )

Short description Morfologi

Clypeiform posterolateral part of carapace with strong lateral projections. Ground color yellowish beige to yellow; posterior 1/3 of carapace with distinct red spots, posterolateral part with transverse red stripes; outer surface of cheliped with red streaks and spots.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Sandy-muddy area. Burrows body on soft and mud substrates (Ref. 343). In general, Calappa sp. feeds upon mollusks and hermit crabs in gastropod shells. Their right claw is used for crushing shells of prey while their left claw is used as a cutter (Ref. 105092).

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Ng, P.K.L. 1998 Crabs. p. 1045-1155. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 2. Cephalopods, crustaceans, holothurians and sharks. Rome, FAO. 1998. pp. 687-1396. (Ref. 343)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Trophic Ecology
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Ekologi
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Population dynamics
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Life cycle
Reproduktion
Könsmognad
Fecundity
Lek
Eggs
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Larvae
Distribution
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Taxonomy
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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.2 - 29.1, mean 28 (based on 1654 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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