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Calappa clypeata Borradaile 1903

Description

Calappa clypeata Borradaile, 1903

Calappa terraereginae Serène & Vadon 1981: 122.

Calappa clypeata — Galil 1997: 283, figs. 1d, 4d, 6, 34, 35d.

Material examined. Off Aurora Province, eastern Luzon, Philippines: 1 Ƥ (CL 19.4 mm) (ZRC 2009.0244), stn. CP 2653, 16º05.85’N 21º58.85’E, 105 m, 20 May 2007; 1 3 (CL 30.9 mm) (ZRC 2009.0245), stn. CP 2760, 15º54.21’N 21º54.21’E, 100 m, 4 June 2007.

Distribution. This is a well known and widespread species which has been reported from many parts of the Indo-West Pacific, from east Africa to Japan, the Philippines and New Caledonia (Galil 1997; Ng et al. 2002).

Notes

Published as part of Galil, Bella S. & Ng, Peter K. L., 2009, Calappoidea and Leucosioidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Luzon, Philippines, with descriptions of two new species of Mursia, pp. 45-60 in Zootaxa 2085 on page 46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187381

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Borradaile
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Calappidae
Genus
Calappa
Species
clypeata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Calappa clypeata Borradaile, 1903 sec. Galil & Ng, 2009

References

  • Serene, R. & Vadon, C. (1981) Crustaces Decapodes: Brachyoures. Liste preliminaire, descriptions de formes nouvelles et remarques taxonomiques, Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, I - Philippines (18 - 28 mars 1976), Tome 1. Collection Memoires ORSTOM, 91, 117 - 140, pls. 1 - 4.
  • Galil, B. S. (1997) Crustacea Decapoda: A revision of the Indo-Pacific species of genus Calappa Weber, 1795 (Calappidae). In: A. Crosnier (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, volume 18. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 176, 271 - 335.