Calappa granulata Red-spotted Shamefaced Crab, Shamefaced Crab

Calappa granulatais commonly referred to as Red-spotted Shamefaced Crab, Shamefaced Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Calappa granulata, 2014

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AphiaID:: 107268

Scientific:: Calappa granulata
German:: Mittelmeer-Schamkrabbe, Rotflecken Schamkrabbe
English:: Red-spotted Shamefaced Crab, Shamefaced Crab

Category:: Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Calappidae (Family) > Calappa (Genus) > granulata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Linnaeus, ), 1758

Occurrence:: Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Albania, Algeria, Azores, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Lybia, Madeira, Malta, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey
Sea depth:: 10 - 700 Meter
Habitats:: Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 3.15" - 3.54" (8cm - 9,2cm)
Temperature:: 13,3 °F - 19,2 °F (13,3°C - 19,2°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Clams, Hermit crabs, 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:: 2014-11-05 19:31:41
Last edit:: 2024-01-08 14:15:58

Info

Calappa granulata (Linnaeus, 1758)

The colour is rose or yellowish. It feeds on mollusks. The specially formed forceps are well adapted to pick snails apart and strong enough to crack their shells.

Females lay their eggs from June to September.

Synonymised names:
Calappa tuerkayana Pastore, 1996 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Calappa turkayana Pastore, 1995 · unaccepted > misspelling
Calappe granulata (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > misspelling (misspelling of genus name)
Cancer granulata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Scientific paper

Northernmost record of the shamefaced crab Calappa granulata (Linnaeus, 1767) (Brachyura, Calappidae) in the Mediterranean area, Tutman, Pero; Dulčić, Jakov , 2012
The Hemocyanin of the Shamefaced Crab Calappa granulata: Structural-Functional Characterization, Olianas, A., 2006

External links

SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Unterwasserwelt-Mittelmeer (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Commonly

Calappa granulata,Cajeta real,Shame-faced Crab,Granchio melograno,Barcelona, Spain 2018

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