Calappa gallus (Herbst, 1803)

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

Calappa gallus (Herbst, 1803)

Cancer gallus Herbst 1803: 18 , 46, pl. 58, fig. 1.

Calappa aff. gallus – Poupin 1998: 39.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Eiao I. Stn DW 1160, 7°57.8’S, 140°02.0’W, 49-55 m, 23.VIII.1997, 1 cl 29.9 mm, 1 cl 32.6 mm ( MNHN B27577).

Nuku Hiva I. Stn CP 1187, 8°49.2’S, 140°03.5’W, 25-30 m, 26.VIII.1997, 1 cl 34.9 mm ( MNHN B27578). — Stn CP 1188, 8°48.6’S, 140°03.4’W, 35- 55 m, 26.VIII.1997, 3 cl 23.2-35.6 mm ( MNHN B27579). — Stn DW 1224, 9°44.6’S, 138°51.1’W, 115-120 m, 30.VIII.1997, 1 juv. ( MNHN B27566).

Ua Huka I. Stn 34, 8°56.80’S, 139°35.70’W, 10-15 m, X.1997, 1 cl 21.8 mm ( MNHN B27573).

Fatu Hiva I. Stn DW 1241, 10°27.8’S, 138°40.6’W, 85-130 m, 1.IX.1997, 1 juv. ( MNHN B27566).

Hiva Oa I. Stn DW 1210, 9°50.4’S, 139°00.5’W, 98- 100 m, 29.VIII.1997, 1 cl 46.1 mm ( MNHN B27583).

DISTRIBUTION. — Red Sea and East Africa to Japan, Hawaii, Tonga and Marquesas Islands, intertidal to 160 m ( Galil 1997: 296, fig. 31).