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Calappa (crab)
''Calappa'' is a genus of crabs known commonly as box crabs or shame-faced crabs. The name ''box crab'' comes from their distinctly bulky carapace, and the name ''shame-faced'' is from anthropomorphism, anthropomorphising the way the crab's chela (organ), chelae (claws) fold up and cover its face, as if it were hiding its face in shame. Species There are 43 extant species in the genus: *''Calappa acutispina'' Lai, Chan & Ng, 2006 *''Calappa africana'' Lai & Ng, 2006 *''Calappa bicornis'' Miers, 1884 *''Calappa bilineata'' Ng, Lai & Aungtonya, 2002 *''Calappa calappa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Calappa capellonis'' Laurie, 1906 *''Calappa cinerea'' Holthuis, 1958 *''Calappa clypeata'' Borradaile, 1903 *''Calappa conifera'' Galil, 1997 *''Calappa convexa'' Saussure, 1853 *''Calappa dumortieri'' Guinot, 1962 *''Calappa exanthematosa'' Alcock & Anderson, 1894 *''Calappa flammea'' (Herbst, 1794) *''Calappa galloides'' Stimpson, 1859 *''Calappa gallus'' (Herbst, 1803) *''Calappa granulata'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calappa Hepatica
''Calappa hepatica'', the reef box crab, is a common benthic species of Calappa (crab), box crab of Tropics, tropical and subtropical parts of the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Oceans and the Red Sea. Description ''Calappa hepatica'' grows to a carapace width of about ; the length is always less than two thirds of its width. The posterior portion of the shell has broad extensions with several blunt teeth on the margin, and these largely conceal the walking legs. The carapace and the exposed parts of the Chela (organ), chelae (pincers) are a mottled greyish-brown colour, and are covered with small raised tubercles of various sizes, making the crabs well-camouflaged when semi-submerged in the sand. The chelae are large and powerful, and specially adapted to the crab's feeding behaviour, the crushing and eating of Mollusca, molluscs. Distribution and habitat ''Calappa hepatica'' is found in the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific region, its range extending from the Red Sea to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calappa Cinerea
''Calappa'' may refer to: * ''Calappa'' (crab), a genus of crabs, including the box crab * ''Calappa'', a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae; synonym of '' Cocos'' {{Genus disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calappa Japonica
''Calappa japonica'', also known as the Japanese shame-faced crab, is a marine species of box crab in the family Calappidae. Originally found in the waters around Japan, more recently it has been found in Africa, the Red Sea and Western Australia. Description ''Calappa japonica'' is a large crab, and has a yellow and red colouration. The length of carapace is approximately .65 times the width, with a tuberculated surface. Seven sharp teeth are located around the margins of each clypeiform expansion. Distribution and habitat This species was first discovered in Tokyo Bay, Japan. It is now known to occur in regions as far away as Africa and Western Australia, and lives in waters up to deep. as well as being found in the Red Sea. Behaviour and diet This crab is a predator, and feeds on invertebrates such as other crabs, as well as oysters and snails. It has a specially adapted right pincer which it uses to break open snail's shells. There is a large accessory tooth located at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calappa Guerini
''Calappa'' may refer to: * ''Calappa'' (crab), a genus of crabs, including the box crab * ''Calappa'', a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae; synonym of '' Cocos'' {{Genus disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10th Edition Of Systema Naturae
The 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature. In it, Linnaeus introduced binomial nomenclature for animals, something he had already done for plants in his 1753 publication of '' Species Plantarum''. Starting point Before 1758, most biological catalogues had used polynomial names for the taxa included, including earlier editions of ''Systema Naturae''. The first work to consistently apply binomial nomenclature across the animal kingdom was the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature therefore chose 1 January 1758 as the "starting point" for zoological nomenclature, and asserted that the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' was to be treated as if published on that date. Names published before that date are unavailable, even if they would otherwise satisfy the rules. The only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calappa Granulata
''Calappa'' may refer to: * ''Calappa'' (crab), a genus of crabs, including the box crab * ''Calappa'', a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae; synonym of '' Cocos'' {{Genus disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calappa Gallus
''Calappa gallus'', common name rough box crab, or lumpy box crab, and Hawaiian name poki poki, is a benthic species of box crab in the family Calappidae Calappidae is a family of crabs containing 16 genera, of which 7 are only known as fossils: *''Acanthocarpus'' Stimpson, 1871 *'' Calappa'' Weber, 1795 *† '' Calappella'' Rathbun, 1919 *† '' Calappilia'' A. Milne-Edwards, 1873 *'' Calappula .... References External links * Calappoidea Crustaceans of the Atlantic Ocean Crustaceans of the Indian Ocean Crustaceans of the Pacific Ocean Crustaceans of Brazil Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst Crustaceans described in 1803 {{Crab-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calappa Galloides
''Calappa'' may refer to: * ''Calappa'' (crab), a genus of crabs, including the box crab * ''Calappa'', a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae; synonym of '' Cocos'' {{Genus disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calappa Flammea
''Calappa'' may refer to: * ''Calappa'' (crab), a genus of crabs, including the box crab * ''Calappa'', a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae; synonym of '' Cocos'' {{Genus disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calappa Exanthematosa
''Calappa'' may refer to: * ''Calappa'' (crab), a genus of crabs, including the box crab * ''Calappa'', a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae; synonym of '' Cocos'' {{Genus disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calappa Dumortieri
''Calappa'' may refer to: * ''Calappa'' (crab), a genus of crabs, including the box crab * ''Calappa'', a genus of palms in the family Arecaceae; synonym of '' Cocos'' {{Genus disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
