Calappa lophos Herbst 1785 (box crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Alternative combination: Cancer lophos

Full reference: J. F. W. Herbst. 1785. Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten, Erster Band, Heft 6 183-206

Belongs to Calappa according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2010

See also Herbst 1785

Sister taxa: Calappa chungii, Calappa costaricana, Calappa depressa, Calappa earlei, Calappa flammea, Calappa gallus, Calappa granulata, Calappa granulatus, Calappa heberti, Calappa hepatica, Calappa japonica, Calappa lanensis, Calappa laraensis, Calappa lienharti, Calappa madoerensis, Calappa matzkei, Calappa nitida, Calappa oboui, Calappa ocalanus, Calappa pavimenta, Calappa philargius, Calappa praelata, Calappa protopustulosa, Calappa pustulosa, Calappa restricta, Calappa robertsi, Calappa sahelensis, Calappa sangiranensis, Calappa sexaspinosa, Calappa springeri, Calappa zinsmeisteri, Calappa zurcheri

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Calappa lophos in the database

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