WoRMS taxon details
Calappa ocellata Holthuis, 1958
421918 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:421918)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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 ocellata Holthuis, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=421918 on 2026-10-12
Date
action
by
2009-10-06 12:38:14Z
created
db_admin
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Holthuis, L.B. (1958). Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands: No. 34. West Indian crabs of the genus <i>Calappa</i>, with a description of three new species. <em>Studies Fauna Curaçao.</em> 8: 146-186. [details] Available for editors 
[request]
basis of record 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]
[request]basis of record 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]
Other
context source (CoRMS)
Lemaitre, R. 1981. Shallow-water crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) collected in the southern Caribbean near Cartagena, Colombia. Bulletin of Marine Science, 31(2): 234-266. http://hdl.handle.net/10088/7334 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]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]
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 | ocellated box crabocellate box crab | [details] |
