Calappa hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Galil, Bella, 2001, The Calappidae of the Marquesas Islands with a description of a new species of Mursia (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), Zoosystema 23 (3), pp. 499-505 : 500-501

Calappa hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cancer hepaticus Linnaeus, 1758: 630 .

Calappa hepatica – Boone 1934: 32, pls 8-10; 1938: 212. — Poupin 1996a: 25.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Eiao I. Stn CP 1160, 7°57.8’S, 140°02.0’W, 49-55 m, 23.VIII.1997, 1 cl 29.9 mm, 1 ovigerous cl 37.2 mm ( MNHN B27584).

Hiva Oa I. Stn DW 1203, 9°52.7’S, 139°02.2’W, 60- 61 m, 28.VIII.1997, 1 juv. ( MNHN B27585). — Stn DW 1212, 9°49.9’S, 139°02.2’W, 50-80 m, 29.VIII.1997, 1 cl 36.3 mm, 1 juv. ( MNHN B27586). — Stn DW 1213, 9°50.3’S, 140°03.2’W, 18-20 m, 29.VIII.1997, 1 cl 28.2 mm ( MNHN B27587). — Stn DW 1214, 9°49.8’S, 140°03.1’W, 25-40 m, 29.VIII.1997, 1 cl 37.7 mm, 2 juv. ( MNHN B27588). — Stn DW 1215, 9°49.5’S, 140°02.2’W, 49-62 m, 29.VIII.1997, 1 cl 25.4 mm ( MNHN B27589). — Stn DW 1227, 9°44.2’S, 138°52.5’W, 84-85 m, 30.VIII.1997, 1 cl 31.4 mm ( MNHN B27590).

Nuku Hiva I. Stn DW 1161, 8°55.6’S, 140°06.1’W, 30-37 m, 24.VIII.1997, 1 juv. ( MNHN B27591). — Stn CP 1179, 8°46.7’S, 140°13.4’W, 58-62 m, 25.VIII.1997, 1 cl 37.7 mm, 1 ovigerous cl 33.2 mm, 1 juv. ( MNHN B27592). — Stn CP 1185, 8°48.9’S, 140°03.4’W, 31-33 m, 26.VIII.1997, 1 juv. ( MNHN B27593). — Stn CP 1187, 8°49.2’S, 140°03.5’W, 25-30 m, 26.VIII.1997, 1 cl 34.9 mm ( MNHN B27594).

Ua Huka I. Stn 24bis, 8°53.60’S, 139°37.00’W, 20- 34 m, X.1997, 4 juv. ( MNHN B27595). — Stn 34, 8°56.80’S, 139°35.70’W, 10-15 m, X.1997, 1 24.9 mm, 1 cl 23.5 mm, 8 juv. ( MNHN B27596). — Stn CP 1297, 8°54.2’S, 139°37.4’W, 90-150 m, 8.IX.1997, 1 cl 30.8 mm ( MNHN B27597).

DISTRIBUTION. — Red Sea and East Africa to Japan, Hawaii, Marquesas Islands and Clipperton Island, intertidal to 150 m ( Galil 1997: 300, fig. 31).