Calappa hepatica

Calappa hepatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Calappidae
Genus: Calappa
Species: C. hepatica
Binomial name
Calappa hepatica
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cancer hepaticus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Cancer tuberculatus Herbst, 1785
  • Calappa tuberculosa Guérin, 1829
  • Calappa spinosissima H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
  • Calappe sandwichien Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842

Calappa hepatica is a common benthic species of box crab of tropical and subtropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans and the Red Sea.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286.
  2. ↑ WoRMS (2009). "Calappa hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 5, 2010.