Decapoda - Brachyura - Calappidae - Calappa
| Calappa calappa (Linnaeus, 1758) |
World Distribution
(Galil, 1997: 281) - East Africa to Japan, Australia and Hawaii. This includes New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia
Galil (1997 : 281 ; 2001 : 501) - Indo-ouest Pacifique. Afrique orientale au Japon, Hawaii, Polynésie française, Intertidal à 80 m. Comprend, Kenya, Madagascar, Seychelles, Glorieuses, Mayotte, Réunion, Maurice, Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)
Vertical range : Shallow-waters (0-100 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-80 m
Mayotte data
Calappa calappa (Linnaeus, 1758) — First record herein for Mayotte from Internet photo of a carapace, very recognizable for this common species (det. J. Poupin; photo copyright Yvon Gildas, Internet, at http://www.mayotte-photos-plongee.com/, http://img.over-blog.com/630x470-000000/1/92/85/77//Crustac-s-2/2009-09-12-carapace-crabe-calappa.jpg) — IWP, Kenya, Mayotte (this work) to Hawaii, French Polynesia; 1-80 m.
Réunion data
Calappa calappa - BD Internet du Parc marin à http://etic.univ-reunion.fr/parcmarin/ (Réunion, source inconnue ; probablement d'après une photographie. Comme l'espèce est assez facile à reconnaître et compte tenu de sa distribution indo-ouest pacifique, le signalement est considéré comme valide).
New Caledonia data
Nouvelle Caledonie, STATION — Galil BS, Musorstom 18, 176: 271-335
Central Pacific data (Wallis & Futuna, Polynesia, Clipperton, Easter Island)
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. - Salvat & Bacchet, 2011: 244, photo, field guide 'Au Vent des Iles Ed. Tahiti - French Polynesia, most often Society (Moorea, Tahiti).
Other data
Indonesie, STATION — Galil BS, Musorstom 18, 176: 271-335
Philippines, STATION — Galil BS, Musorstom 18, 176: 271-335
Musorstom 9 Polynesie, CP1188 — Galil BS, Zoosystema 23, 3: 499-505
Musorstom 9 Polynesie, DW1155 — Galil BS, Zoosystema 23, 3: 499-505
Musorstom 9 Polynesie, CP1295 — Galil BS, Zoosystema 23, 3: 499-505
Polynesie, STATION — Galil BS, Musorstom 18, 176: 271-335
Polynesie, STATION — Galil BS, Musorstom 18, 176: 271-335
Comment(s) on data
Photo de Carapace, Mayotte, Yvon Gildas (Internet 2017)
http://img.over-blog.com/630x470-000000/1/92/85/77//Crustac-s-2/2009-09-12-carapace-crabe-calappa.jpg
References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)This species in Worms Database