Calappa calappa: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Calappa calappa Calappa calappa

Where the calappa calappa lives, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 22 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See crabs, lobsters & shrimps on the world map

Scientific name	Calappa calappa
Group	Crabs, lobsters & shrimps
Class	Crustacean
Order	Decapoda
Family	Calappidae

What kind of animal is the calappa calappa?

The calappa calappa (Calappa calappa) is a crustacean in the order Decapoda and the family Calappidae, genus Calappa. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the calappa calappa

Calappa calappa, also known as the smooth box crab or red-spotted box crab, is a tropical marine species of crab with an Indo-Pacific distribution, and showing great variability in its patterning and colouration. First described as Cancer calappa by Linnaeus in 1758 from a specimen originating from Ambon Island, and later in 1781 as Cancer fornicatus by Fabricius, it was finally placed in the genus Calappa by Lancelot Alexander Borradaile in 1903. The name calappa is associated with kelapa, the Malay word for 'coconut'.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Calappa calappa (revision 1330735563), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q4468503 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).