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Calappa hepatica   (Linnaeus, 1758)

Reef box crab

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Calappa hepatica

Egypt country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Ras Mohamed and Nabq (Ref. 106342). C: Ref. 106342; O: Ref. 106342.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ibrahim, A.R., M.M. Fouda and N. Abdou, 2015
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Box crab, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Decapoda (Lobster, shrimp and crabs) > Calappidae (box crabs)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

; distribuzione batimetrica 1 - 150 m (Ref. 96667).   Tropical; 42°N - 49°S, 26°E - 89°W

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to Hawaii; Cocos Islands to Australia, French Polynesia and Hawaii.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 8.0 cm CW maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 343)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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 Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Ng, P.K.L. 1998. (Ref. 343)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
| FishSource | Sea Around Us

Strumenti

E-book | Giuda pratica

Informazioni ulteriori

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Nomi Comuni
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Morfologia
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Bibliografia
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Fonti Internet

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 22.9 - 29, mean 27.9 (based on 2018 cells).
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.