WoRMS taxon details
Calappa hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758)
209501 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209501)
accepted
Species
Calappa spinocissima H. Milne Edwards, 1837 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Calappa spinosissima H. Milne Edwards, 1837 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Calappa tuberculata var. sandwichien Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842 · unaccepted > unavailable name (not available, vernacular name...)
not available, vernacular name not in Latin
Calappa tuberculosa Guérin, 1832 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Calappe spinosissima H. Milne Edwards, 1837 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (misspelling of genus name)
Calappe tuberculata (Herbst, 1785) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cancer afata Curtiss, 1938 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cancer hepatica Linnaeus, 1758 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cancer tuberculatus Herbst, 1785 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Cancer hepatica Linnaeus, 1758 †) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Calappa hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209501 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Calappa tuberculosa Guérin, 1832) Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1829-1843). Iconographie du régne animal de G. Cuvier. [Representation d'apres nature de l'une des especes les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurees, de chaque genre d'animaux.Iconography of the animal kingdom by G. Cuvier.]. <em>Planches des Animaux invertébrés. Zoophytes. 2. Crustacées. A. Londres publisher. (Publication began in 1829).</em> :1-48, [ Copepods pl. 35, This plate was published in 1837.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27813845 [details] 
original description (of Calappa tuberculata var. sandwichien Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842) Eydoux, F.; Souleyet, L. F. A. (1842). Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté Pendant les Années 1836 et 1837 sur la Corvette La Bonite, Commandée par M. Vaillant. Zoologie. Tome Premier, Seconde Partie. <em>Arthus Bertrand, Paris.</em> Pp. 133-334. [details]
original description (of Cancer hepatica Linnaeus, 1758 †) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cancer tuberculatus Herbst, 1785 †) Herbst, J.F.W. (1782-1790). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Erster Band. Mit XXI Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krabben. Joh. Casper Fuessly, Zürich / Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, iv + 274 pp., 21 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64679#/summary [details]
original description (of Cancer afata Curtiss, 1938) Curtiss, A. (1938). A short zoology of Tahiti in the Society islands. <em>Guide Printing Company, Inc., Brooklyn, New York.</em> i-xvi + 1-193. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Calappe spinosissima H. Milne Edwards, 1837) Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]
basis of record Guinot, D. (1967). La faune carcinologique (Crustacea Brachyura) de l'Océan Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge. Catalogue remarques biogéographiques et bibliographie. <em>in: Réunion de Spécialistes C.S.A sur les Crustacés = C.S.A. Specialist Meeting on Crustaceans, Zanzibar 1964. Mémoires de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire.</em> 77: pp. 237–352. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Calappa tuberculata var. sandwichien Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842) Eydoux, F.; Souleyet, L. F. A. (1842). Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté Pendant les Années 1836 et 1837 sur la Corvette La Bonite, Commandée par M. Vaillant. Zoologie. Tome Premier, Seconde Partie. <em>Arthus Bertrand, Paris.</em> Pp. 133-334. [details]
original description (of Cancer hepatica Linnaeus, 1758 †) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cancer tuberculatus Herbst, 1785 †) Herbst, J.F.W. (1782-1790). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematischen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. Erster Band. Mit XXI Kupfer-Tafeln und Register. Krabben. Joh. Casper Fuessly, Zürich / Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin und Stralsund, iv + 274 pp., 21 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/64679#/summary [details]
original description (of Cancer afata Curtiss, 1938) Curtiss, A. (1938). A short zoology of Tahiti in the Society islands. <em>Guide Printing Company, Inc., Brooklyn, New York.</em> i-xvi + 1-193. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Calappe spinosissima H. Milne Edwards, 1837) Milne Edwards, H. (1834–1840). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux, Vol I (1834): i–xxxv + 1–468, Vol. II (1837): 1–532, Vol. III (1840): 1–638; atlas: 1–32, pls. 1–42. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16170#/summary [details]
basis of record Guinot, D. (1967). La faune carcinologique (Crustacea Brachyura) de l'Océan Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge. Catalogue remarques biogéographiques et bibliographie. <em>in: Réunion de Spécialistes C.S.A sur les Crustacés = C.S.A. Specialist Meeting on Crustaceans, Zanzibar 1964. Mémoires de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire.</em> 77: pp. 237–352. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (HKRMS) Ni IH. & Qian PY. (1999). Study on the suitability of Shelter Island Area to be established as marine park or marine reserve. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
[request]context source (HKRMS) Ni IH. & Qian PY. (1999). Study on the suitability of Shelter Island Area to be established as marine park or marine reserve. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | smooth box crab | [details] |
| Hawaiian | pokipoki | [details] |
| Japanese | ソデカラッパ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cancer hepatica Linnaeus, 1758 †)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calappa hepatica)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (18 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Calappa spinosissima H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cancer hepatica Linnaeus, 1758 †)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calappa hepatica)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (18 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Calappa spinosissima H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
To ITIS