Smooth Box Crab
Calappa calappa
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Max Weight
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Max Depth
50 m
Description
Calappa calappa, also known as the smooth 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 ...
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Locations
Colors
orange
Habitat and Environment
Mud and Sand
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