WoRMS taxon details
Calappa flammea (Herbst, 1794)
158052 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158052)
accepted
Species
Calappa marmorata sensu H. Milne Edwards, 1837 · unaccepted > misapplication (not Cancer marmoratus J.C....)
not Cancer marmoratus J.C. Fabricius, 1787 = Pachygrapsus marmoratus (J.C. Fabricius, 1787)
Calappa Moniziana de Brito Capello, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Calappe marmorata sensu H. Milne Edwards, 1837 · unaccepted > misapplication (not Cancer marmoratus J.C....)
not Cancer marmoratus J.C. Fabricius, 1787 = Pachygrapsus marmoratus (J.C. Fabricius, 1787)
Cancer flammeus Herbst, 1794 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cancer flammeus Herbst, 1794) Herbst, J. F. W. (1791-1796). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Zweyter Band. Mit XXV Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krebse. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, viii + 225 + [1] pp. 25 pls. [details] 
Depth range Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m)
Depth range Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) [details]
DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Calappa flammea (Herbst, 1794). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158052 on 2026-09-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Calappa Moniziana de Brito Capello, 1870) de Brito Capello, F. (1870). Algumas especies novas ou pouco conhecidas de crustaceos pertencentes aos generos «<i>Calappa</i>» e «<i>Telphusa</i>». <em>Jornal de Sciências Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, publicado sob ob auspicos da Academia Real das Sciências de Lisboa.</em> 3(10): 128-134, pl. II. [details]
original description (of Cancer flammeus Herbst, 1794) Herbst, J. F. W. (1791-1796). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Zweyter Band. Mit XXV Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krebse. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, viii + 225 + [1] pp. 25 pls. [details]
basis of record Williams, A. B. (1984). Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Cancer flammeus Herbst, 1794) Herbst, J. F. W. (1791-1796). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Zweyter Band. Mit XXV Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krebse. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, viii + 225 + [1] pp. 25 pls. [details]
basis of record Williams, A. B. (1984). Shrimps, Lobsters, and Crabs of the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern United States, Maine to Florida. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> [details] Available for editors
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context source (Bermuda)
Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Felder, D.L., Álvarez, F.,; Goy, J.W.; Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea, In: Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas). , available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
[request]additional source Felder, D.L., Álvarez, F.,; Goy, J.W.; Lemaitre, R. (2009). Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea, In: Felder, D.L., and Camp, D.K. (eds), Gulf of Mexico - Origins, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Biodiversity. Pp. 1019–1104 (Texas A&M University Press: College Station, Texas). , available online at https://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/31408/31408.pdf [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Depth range Shallow to deep-waters (e.g. 10-190 m) [details]Habitat Soft bottom (mud or sand) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | shame-faced crabflaming box crabflame box crab | [details] |
| German | Schamkrabbe | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calappa flammea)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (60 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calappa flammea)
To GenBank (24 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (60 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
