WoRMS taxon details
Calappa sulcata Rathbun, 1898
394994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394994)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Rathbun, M.J. (1898). The Brachyura of the biological expedition to the Florida Keys and the Bahamas in 1893. <em>Bulletin of the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa.</em> 4(3): 250–294, Pls. I–IX. [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 sulcata Rathbun, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=394994 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Rathbun, M.J. (1898). The Brachyura of the biological expedition to the Florida Keys and the Bahamas in 1893. <em>Bulletin of the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa.</em> 4(3): 250–294, Pls. I–IX. [details]
basis of record Ng, P.K.L.; Guinot, D.; Davie, P.J.F. (2008). Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of the extant Brachyuran crabs of the world. <em>The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 17: 1-286. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Ng, P.K.L.; Guinot, D.; Davie, P.J.F. (2008). Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of the extant Brachyuran crabs of the world. <em>The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 17: 1-286. [details] Available for editors
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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]
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]
[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]
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 | yellow box crab | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calappa sulcata)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1151379 anterior view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1151379 dorsal view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (17 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 14941)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To CRUSTA
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calappa sulcata)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1151379 anterior view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1151379 dorsal view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (17 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 14941)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
