Calappa philargius ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Arzivian, Arteen, Alrubaie, Ahmad, Yang, Jessica, Lin, Huiyu, Zhang, Eva & Leong, Rupert, 2022, Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Seas of East and Southeast Asia Collected by the RV Hakuhō Maru (KH- 72 - 1 Cruise) 4. South China Sea, Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 48 (4), pp. 147-191 : 153

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.50826/bnmnszool.48.4_147
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12760142
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5F30F95F-FFF8-9034-FC96-FB93FB6F5FE9
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Calappa philargius ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
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Calappa philargius ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Material examined. RV Hakuhō Maru KH-72-1 cruise, sta. 45, left cheliped, NSMT-Cr 30904.

Remarks. Only the left cheliped remains in a vial, with a large rounded blotch each on the upper part of the palm outer surface and the basal part of the carpus outer surface. Calappa philargius is one of the more common representatives of the shallow-water species of Calappa in the Indo-West Pacific ( Galil, 1997).

Distribution. West and South Pacific from Japan to Australia and New Caledonia, the Indian Ocean, and the Red Sea, 30–100 m depth.