Decapoda - Brachyura - Calappidae - Calappa

Calappa nitida Holthuis, 1958

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World Distribution
Góes & Fernandes-Góes (2007) - shallow to 1246 m. Antilles, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil (Amapá to Bahia). - Coehlo et al. (2008) - West Indies, Venezuela, Surinam, Guyanas to Brazil. No record found in lit. from Greater and Lesser Antilles. 'Antilles' is possibly for 'West Indies', including Venezuelan coast.

Environnement : Marine - Substrat/Association : Soft bottom (mud or sand)

Vertical range : Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) - Min-Max observed: 1-1246 m

Lesser Antilles data
Distribution: Lesser Antilles, ICA (?Guadeloupe, off Grenada), IOV (Testigos, Margarita). 1-1246 m (Góes & Fernandes-Góes, 2007). WA (continental?).
Calappa nitida - Bullis & Thompson, 1965 : 10, between Grenada, Testigos [R/V Oregon, st. 2772]. - Vaslet et al., 2013: 245, annexe 3, Guadeloupe [from Bourgeois-Lebel 1982, not seen]. - Taissoun, 1984-1985: 145, Margarita (Los Frailes).
Comment: According to Góes & Fernandes-Góes (2007) and Coelho et al. (2008) the species is widely distributed from 'Antilles'/West Indies, Venezuela to Brazil, collected from shallow to 1246 m! The record from Guadeloupe is suspect (reference not seen and no specimen examined). It could be another species of the 'Calappa flammea group' (see Holthuis, 1958), such as Calappa ocellata Holthuis, 1958.

Addition August 2022 - Martinique
Calappa nitida - Guinot-Dumortier, 1959: 512, Martinique - Cette espèce a été récemment décrite de Suriname [Calappa nitida]. Nous lui identifions un spécimen découvert en Guyane française, ainsi qu'un très bel exemplaire male de la collection sèche (120x79 mm) étiqueté « Calappa flammea = C. marmorata, Martinique, Ducoux 1909 ». Tous deux présentent la coloration caractéristique de l'espèce, en particulier les ocellations rougeâtres sur la carapace. Les pléopodes 1 et 2 mâles sont conformes aux dessins donnés par Holthuis [1959] (loc. cit., fig. 49, 50).

French Guiana and surroundings areas: Guiana, Suriname, Brazil (Amapà)
Calappa nitida Holthuis, 1958: 172, Suriname [R/V Coquette, 0–27 m]. — Durand, 1959: 32, French Guiana [R/V ORSOM II; det. Guinot-Dumortier]. — Holthuis, 1959a: 163, Suriname [0–37 m]. — Guinot-Dumortier, 1959: 512, French Guiana [45 m]. — Bullis & Thompson, 1965: 10, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana [R/V Oregon, st. 2249, 7°40' N, 27-30 fathoms, st. 2262, 7°18' N, 30-33 fathoms, st. 2272, 6°30'N, 17 fathoms, st. 2309, 5°54' N, 31-34 fathoms, st. 2335, 6°50' N, 28 fathoms, st. 2339, 7°12' N, 17 fathoms - 31-62 m]. — Takeda, 1983: 122, Suriname, French Guiana [32–60 m]. — Melo, 1996: 125, Brazil Amapá. — Melo et al., 1998: 445, Brazil Amapá. — Le Loeuff & Cosel, 2000: 25, annex 1, French Guiana. — Coelho et al., 2008: 10, Brazil Amapá [Fausto Filho (1967)]. — Cintra et al., 2017: tab. 1-6, Brazil Amapá [bycatch of shrimp fisheries, 0-4°N, 27-47 m].
Distribution/Habitat – WA; Marine; 1–1246 m.

References : PDF list, 214 pp (1.4 Mo)

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