WoRMS taxon details
Calappa calappa (Linnaeus, 1758)
209498 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209498)
accepted
Species
Calappa fornicata Fabricius, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Calappe fornicata (Fabricius, 1782) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cancer calappa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cancer cerratonis Curtiss, 1944 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cancer calappa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Calappa calappa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209498 on 2026-05-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Calappa fornicata Fabricius, 1798) Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932 [details]
original description (of Cancer calappa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cancer cerratonis Curtiss, 1944) Curtiss, A. (1944). Further Notes on the Zoology of Tahiti. Privately Published. 30 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Guinot, D. (1967). La faune carcinologique (Crustacea Brachyura) de l'Océan Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge. Catalogue remarques biogéographiques et bibliographie. <em>in: Réunion de Spécialistes C.S.A sur les Crustacés = C.S.A. Specialist Meeting on Crustaceans, Zanzibar 1964. Mémoires de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire.</em> 77: pp. 237–352. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cancer calappa Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cancer cerratonis Curtiss, 1944) Curtiss, A. (1944). Further Notes on the Zoology of Tahiti. Privately Published. 30 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Guinot, D. (1967). La faune carcinologique (Crustacea Brachyura) de l'Océan Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge. Catalogue remarques biogéographiques et bibliographie. <em>in: Réunion de Spécialistes C.S.A sur les Crustacés = C.S.A. Specialist Meeting on Crustaceans, Zanzibar 1964. Mémoires de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire.</em> 77: pp. 237–352. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS)
Morton, B. & Morton, J. (1983). <i>The sea shore ecology of Hong Kong</i>. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 350 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004630673 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cancer calappa Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calappa calappa)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cancer calappa Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calappa calappa)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
