Calappa lophos, Common box crab

Calappa lophos   (Herbst, 1785)

Common box crab

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Classification / Names आम नाम | उपशब्द | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Calappidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / गहराई सीमा / distribution range पारिस्थितिकी

प्रवाल-भित्ति संयुक्त; गहराई सीमा 10 - 100 m (संदर्भ 343).  Tropical; 38°N - 28°S, 33°E - 171°E

Distribution देश | ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र | Ecosystems | संयोग | भूमिका

Indo-Pacific: Japan to Southeast Asia, Australia to Sri Lanka.

Length at first maturity / आकार / Weight / Age

परिपक्व अवधि: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm CW पुल्लिंग / अलिंग; (संदर्भ )

Short description आकृति विज्ञान

Clypeiform posterolateral part of carapace with strong lateral projections. Ground color yellowish beige to yellow; posterior 1/3 of carapace with distinct red spots, posterolateral part with transverse red stripes; outer surface of cheliped with red streaks and spots.

जीवविज्ञान     शब्द संग्रह (उदाहरणार्थ epibenthic)

Sandy-muddy area. Burrows body on soft and mud substrates (Ref. 343). In general, Calappa sp. feeds upon mollusks and hermit crabs in gastropod shells. Their right claw is used for crushing shells of prey while their left claw is used as a cutter (Ref. 105092).

Life cycle and mating behavior परिपक्व अवधि | पुनरुत्पत्ति | मछलीऔ का अंडे देना | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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 संदर्भ | संयोजक | सहयोगीयो

Ng, P.K.L. 1998 Crabs. p. 1045-1155. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 2. Cephalopods, crustaceans, holothurians and sharks. Rome, FAO. 1998. pp. 687-1396. (संदर्भ 343)

IUCN Red List Status (संदर्भ 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (संदर्भ 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (संदर्भ 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

Human uses


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अधिक जानकारी

Trophic Ecology
Food items (preys)
संघटक आहार
आहार खपत
परभक्षी
पारिस्थितिकी
पारिस्थितिकी
Population dynamics
बाढ़
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
बहुतायत
Life cycle
पुनरुत्पत्ति
परिपक्व अवधि
Fecundity
मछलीऔ का अंडे देना
Eggs
Egg development
Larvae
Distribution
देश
ऐफ ऐ ओ क्षेत्र
Ecosystems
संयोग
भूमिका
Physiology
Oxygen consumption
Human Related
Stamps, coins, misc.
Outreach
सहयोगीयो
Taxonomy
आम नाम
उपशब्द
आकृति विज्ञान
तस्वीरे
संदर्भ
संदर्भ

इंटरनेट स्रोत

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

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.2 - 29.1, mean 28 (based on 1654 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (संदर्भ 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (संदर्भ 80766): Unknown.

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