Calappa convexa Arched Box Crab, Shame Faced Crab

Calappa convexa is commonly referred to as Arched Box Crab, Shame Faced Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7634 

AphiaID:

440299 

Scientific:

Calappa convexa 

German:

Gewölbte Schamkrabbe 

English:

Arched Box Crab, Shame Faced Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Calappidae (Family) > Calappa (Genus) > convexa (Species) 

Initial determination:

de Saussure, 1853 

Occurrence:

Galapagos Islands, Philippines 

Sea depth:

- 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Shell Gravel Soils, Shell Grit Soils 

Size:

up to 2.36" (6 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Predatory, Snails 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Calappa acutispina
• Calappa africana
• 
  Calappa bicornis
  Zwei-Horn-Schamkrabbe
• Calappa bilineata
• 
  Calappa calappa
  Glatte Schamkrabbe, Rot Gepunktete Schamkrabbe, Große Schamkrabbe
• 
  Calappa capellonis
  Schamkrabbe
• Calappa cinerea
• Calappa clypeata
• Calappa conifera
• 
  Calappa convexa
  Gewölbte Schamkrabbe
• Calappa dumortieri
• 
  Calappa flammea
  Flammen-Schamkrabbe
• 
  Calappa galloides
  Schamkrabbe
• 
  Calappa gallus
  Bucklige Schamkrabbe, Raue Schamkrabbe
• 
  Calappa granulata
  Mittelmeer-Schamkrabbe, Rotflecken Schamkrabbe
• Calappa guerini
• 
  Calappa hepatica
  Glatte Schamkrabbe, Riff Schamkrabbe
• 
  Calappa japonica
  Japanische Schamkrabbe
• 
  Calappa liaoi
  Schamkrabbe
• 
  Calappa lophos
  Gewöhnliche Schamkrabbe
• Calappa monilicanthus
• Calappa nitida
• Calappa ocellata
• Calappa ocularia
• Calappa pelii
• 
  Calappa philargius
  Gefleckte Schamkrabbe
• Calappa pokipoki
• 
  Calappa pustulosa
  Pustel Schamkrabbe
• Calappa quadrimaculata
• Calappa rosea
• Calappa rubroguttata
• Calappa sebastieni
• Calappa springeri
• 
  Calappa sulcata
  Gelbe Schamkrabbe
• Calappa tortugae
• 
  Calappa torulosa
  Schamkrabbe
• Calappa tuberculata
• Calappa tuerkayana
• 
  Calappa undulata
  Gewellte Schamkrabbe
• Calappa woodmasoni
• Calappa yamasitae
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Calappa sp.01
  Batman-Schamkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-10-18 07:07:21 

Last edit:

2024-01-08 13:50:23 

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