Data for selected species
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Decapoda - Brachyura - Calappidae - Calappa

Calappa calappa (Linnaeus, 1758)



Distribution : (Galil, 1997: 281) - East Africa to Japan, Australia and Hawaii. This includes New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia

Selected Reference(s)
Calappa calappa. - Galil, B.S., 1997a: 279. - French Polynesia
Calappa calappa. - Galil, B.S., 2001: 500. - French Polynesia
Calappa calappa. - Poupin, J. and Juncker, M., 2008: in preparation. - Wallis

Regional Data (French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Easter Island, Clipperton)
Distribution & Ecology: Wallis & Futuna (Wallis); Marquesas (Eiao, Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka); Society (Raiatea, Tahiti) - Marine; Shoreline to 10 m; Sublittoral (0-80m); Soft bottom.

Regional Records: WALLIS & FUTUNA - Calappa calappa - Juncker, 2004: 64 (Wallis). - Poupin & Juncker, in preparation (Wallis). - FRENCH POLYNESIA - Calappa calappa - Monteforte, 1984: 173, annex 1, tab. a (Tahiti; Monteforte's material verified in the EPHE collections, Moorea). - Guinot, 1985: 449 (List). - Poupin, 1996a: 6, 25 (Checklist). - Galil, 1997a: 279 (Nuku Hiva, Raiatea) - Galil, 2001: 500 (Eiao, Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka; 6-80 m; MUSORSTOM 9 campaign). - Remark: Monteforte specimen formerly in EPHE collections and is now deposited in MNHN Paris Museum (c/o A. Crosnier). It is slightly different from the material collected during the MUSORSTOM Marquesas campaign by the small circular patches that it has on its carapace. - Field observation, 2006, photograph by P. Bacchet, det. Bacchet/Poupin, Tahiti, Lagoon at night, 1.50 m. - AAMP, Marquesas, 2012, Leg 3, St. MQ2-R, Nuku Hiva, 20-23 m, coll. Starmer & coll., sample LC419, a juvenile.

Depth distribution: 20 - 80 m


References : compilation of references cited in Poupin (1996, 1998, 2003) and Poupin et al. (2009) - PDF 412 Ko



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