Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the remote oceanic Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean
Author
In, First Published
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-06-02
5146
1
129
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5146.1.1
11755334
52C3E5E3-80B6-49DB-BC9C-194560D491F7
Genus
Calappa
Weber, 1795
Type
species.
Cancer granulatus
Linnaeus, 1758
[
Type
locality: erroneously given as “America”].
Remarks.
Linnaeus (1758: 627)
stated that his
Cancer granulatus
inhabits America, however this species is actually known from the eastern Atlantic (Gulf of Biscay to
Cape Verde
) and Mediterranean Sea. The genus is worldwide in distribution, mainly in tropical and subtropical zones.