Calappa flammea

Author
(Herbst, 1794)
Common Names
  • Flame Box Crab

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Calappa flammea
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Calappa flammea
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Calappa flammea
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HRI-UNAM-BDMY
3
Min Depth
1 meters
Max Depth
262 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Bermuda, Massachusetts–Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • soft substrate
  • coral reef
Microhabitat
  • mud
References

  • Felder, D. L. 1973. An annotated key to crabs and lobsters (Decapoda, Reptantia) from coastal waters of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Publications of The Center for Wetland Resources, LSU-SG-73-02: 1–103.

  • Hernández-Aguilera, J. L., R. E. Toral Almazán, and J. A. Ruiz Nuño. 1996. Especies catalogadas de crustaceos estomatopodos y decapodos para el Golfo de México, Rio Bravo, Tamps. a Progreso, Yuc. Conabio, Dirección de Oceanografia, Secretaría de Marina, México.

  • Holthuis, L. B. 1958. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 48. West Indian crabs of the genus Calappa, with a description of three new species, Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao 8: 146–186.

  • Williams, A. B. 1984b. Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Felder, D. L., F. Álvarez, J. W. Goy, and R. Lemaitre. 2009. Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on the Amphionidacea, Pp. 1019–1104 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-27-2024.

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