Calappa flammea Flame Box Crab, Flame Streaked Box Crab

Calappa flammeais commonly referred to as Flame Box Crab, Flame Streaked Box Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Gabriel Paladino Ibáñez, Uruguay

Calappa flammea,Panacea,Cajeta llameante,Flame Box Crab,Flame Streaked Box Crab, Florida, USA 2018

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lexID:: 9814
AphiaID:: 158052

Scientific:: Calappa flammea
German:: Flammen-Schamkrabbe
English:: Flame Box Crab, Flame Streaked Box Crab

Category:: Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Calappidae (Family) > Calappa (Genus) > flammea (Species)
Initial determination:: (Herbst, ), 1794

Occurrence:: Cuba, Florida, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, North Atlantic Ocean, USA
Sea depth:: 0 - 262 Meter
Size:: up to 4.72" (12 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Clams, Crustaceans, Hermit crabs, Invertebrates, Predatory, Snails
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Calappa acutispina
Calappa africana
Calappa bicornis
Zwei-Horn-Schamkrabbe
Calappa bilineata
Calappa calappa
Glatte Schamkrabbe, Rot Gepunktete Schamkrabbe, Große Schamkrabbe
Calappa capellonis
Schamkrabbe
Calappa cinerea
Calappa clypeata
Calappa conifera
Calappa convexa
Gewölbte Schamkrabbe
Calappa dumortieri
Calappa flammea
Flammen-Schamkrabbe
Calappa galloides
Schamkrabbe
Calappa gallus
Bucklige Schamkrabbe, Raue Schamkrabbe
Calappa granulata
Mittelmeer-Schamkrabbe, Rotflecken Schamkrabbe
Calappa guerini
Calappa hepatica
Glatte Schamkrabbe, Riff Schamkrabbe
Calappa japonica
Japanische Schamkrabbe
Calappa liaoi
Calappa lophos
Gewöhnliche Schamkrabbe
Calappa monilicanthus
Calappa nitida
Calappa ocellata
Calappa ocularia
Calappa pelii
Calappa philargius
Gefleckte Schamkrabbe
Calappa pokipoki
Calappa pustulosa
Pustel Schamkrabbe
Calappa quadrimaculata
Calappa rosea
Calappa rubroguttata
Calappa sebastieni
Calappa springeri
Calappa sulcata
Gelbe Schamkrabbe
Calappa tortugae
Calappa torulosa
Schamkrabbe
Calappa tuberculata
Calappa tuerkayana
Calappa undulata
Gewellte Schamkrabbe
Calappa woodmasoni
Calappa yamasitae

More related species in this lexicon:

Calappa sp.01
Batman-Schamkrabbe

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-07-05 09:01:33
Last edit:: 2023-11-10 16:00:45

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Calappa flammea (Herbst, 1794)

Calappa is a genus of crabs known commonly as box crabs or shame-faced crabs. Calappa flammea feeds on the hermit crab Pagurus pollicaris.

Synonymised names:
Calappa Moniziana de Brito Capello, 1870 (junior synonym)
Cancer flammea Herbst, 1794

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Calappa flammea,Panacea,Cajeta llameante,Flame Box Crab,Flame Streaked Box Crab, Florida, USA 2018

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