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male (25.9 by
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2006.0112), Bohol, Panglao, Balicasag Is., from tangle nets, coll. local fishermen,
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2002.465), Bohol, Panglao, Balicasag Is., from tangle nets, coll. local fishermen,
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(74.6 by
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2006.0113), Bohol, Panglao, Balicasag Is., from tangle nets, coll. local fishermen
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:
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(39.5 by
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) (
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Cru 1846),
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,
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, Mekran,
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, coll. P. Hansen,
<date id="462FB498FFDCFFF2FC67FEA2BBF4D066" box="[1009,1166,284,310]" pageId="2" pageNumber="41" value="1963-11-25">25 Nov 1963</date>
.
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: Bay of Bengal,
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(
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of
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDCFFF2FD16FEFABCE7D00D" box="[640,925,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="41">Calappa exanthematosa</emphasis>
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) (58.4 by
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) (NHM 1896.9.8.8),
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(
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of
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDCFFF2FC25FED2BBB5D0D5" box="[947,1231,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="41">Calappa exanthematosa</emphasis>
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) (35.3 by
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) (
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) (Indian Museum label 9/1899), West Coast of Indian Subcontinent,
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,
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, 5658 fathoms
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDCFFF2FEAEFE5DBECDD0AD" bold="true" box="[312,439,483,509]" pageId="2" pageNumber="41">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Carapace dorsal surface with anterior half granulate to tuberculate, covered with round sub-mammillate knob- or pustule-like tubercles; posterior half smooth, small granules along posterior margin. Anterolateral margin with 12 protuberances, last 6 more distinct than first 6. Posterolateral margin of clypeiform expansion with 7 teeth, first 4 pointing laterally outwards with the first tooth being the smallest; last 3 teeth of posterolateral margin directed posteriorly, lacinate, sharp with median longitudinal ridge. Posterior margin bound by 2 triangular teeth, flanking abdomen, coarsely granulated, faintly convex. Basal antennal segment with distal margin notched. Endostomial septum appears truncated at distal end, not visible when viewed from the anterior with third maxillipeds closed. Outer surface of manus granulated, larger rounded submammillate tubercles on surface of dorsal third. G1 thick, stout, slightly sinuous; tip truncate, distal surface lined with numerous minute spinules. G2 subequal in length to G1, slender, curved, distal tip rounded.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="322E9258FFDCFFF2FEAEFC52BBA1D766" blockId="2.[264,1323,284,1870]" pageId="2" pageNumber="41">
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDCFFF2FEAEFC52BEB3D556" bold="true" box="[312,457,1004,1030]" pageId="2" pageNumber="41">Description</emphasis>
. Carapace oval (1.35 times as wide as long). Dorsal surface distinctly convex, anterior two-thirds covered with large, round submammillate tubercles, resembling pustules; posterior third smooth, minutely granular along posterior margin. Gastric region swollen, with median part highest point of carapace. Frontal margin with 2 rounded knobs, separated by wide sulcus. Supraorbital margin unevenly granular, with 2 narrow longitudinal fissures. Eyes folded obliquely, external orbital tooth rounded. Anterolateral margin arcuate, carinate, tuberculate, with 12 blunt, rounded unevenly sized tubercles; last 6 tubercles better defined than first 6. Posterolateral margin of clypeiform expansion well developed, with 7 triangular teeth, each tooth with denticulate margins and longitudinal median ridge; first anterior tooth smallest; second, third subequal; fifth, sixth, seventh pointing posteriorly; fifth subequal to fourth; sixth, seventh teeth subequal. Posterior margin of carapace with 2 teeth, each with gently serrated margins; flanking the abdomen. Posterior margin gently convex, coarsely granulated. Basal antennal segment subtriangular, smooth with median ridge; distal margin notched. Longitudinal epistomial septum appears truncated at anterior end, not visible when third maxillipeds closed.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="322E9258FFDCFFF3FEAEF9FABEA0D0D6" blockId="2.[264,1323,284,1870]" lastBlockId="3.[264,1322,284,390]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="42" pageId="2" pageNumber="41">Minor left chela (without cutting tooth) with distinct, prominent dorsal crest; 6 lamelliform teeth, first blunt, low, subsequent 5 acutely triangular, sharp; outer surface of manus uniformly granulated throughout, density highest near base of crest and lower onethird near ventral margin; upper half of manus with several large mammilliform tubercles; ventral margin of manus lined with rows of laterally directed granules, with distinctive triangular tooth on proximal edge of ventral margin; dactylus slender, curved, proximal half granulated, distal half pigmented smooth, fringed with setae. Major right chela (with distinct cutting tooth) similar in shape to minor chela, except dactylus pigmented on inner edge. Pollex with 3 squamose molariform teeth, first tooth largest, subsequent teeth gradually smaller.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="322E9258FFDDFFF3FE9EF92FBDDED641" blockId="3.[264,1323,1681,1809]" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDDFFF3FE9EF92FBEF4D7F9" bold="true" box="[264,398,1681,1705]" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
A, B,
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDDFFF3FE49F92CBDE5D7F9" box="[479,671,1682,1705]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">Calappa africana</emphasis>
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,
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, male holotype (81.2 by 109.7 mm) (USNM 268804); C, D,
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDDFFF3FE2FF90ABD02D79B" box="[441,632,1716,1739]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">Calappa africana</emphasis>
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female paratype (80.5 by 105.8 mm) (ZRC 2006.0109); E, F,
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDDFFF3FE9EF969BEB5D7BE" box="[264,463,1751,1774]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">
<taxonomicName id="F591E9DBFFDDFFF3FE9EF969BEB0D7BE" box="[264,458,1751,1774]" class="Malacostraca" family="Calappidae" genus="Calappa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="japonica">Calappa japonica</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
female (74.6 by 100.1 mm) (ZRC 2006.0113). A, C, E, dorsal view of carapace; B, D, F, left cheliped, external surface.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDAFFF4FE9EFC70BEF1D2B6" bold="true" box="[264,395,974,998]" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Frontal views.
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDAFFF4FDA2FC71BD88D2B6" box="[564,754,975,998]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">Calappa africana</emphasis>
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,
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: A, male holotype (81.2 by 109.7 mm) (USNM 268804); B, female paratype (80.5 by 105.8 mm) (ZRC 2006.0109);
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDAFFF4FBD2FC4CBA79D559" box="[1092,1283,1010,1033]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">Calappa japonica</emphasis>
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: C, male (94.24 by 131.3mm) (ZRC 2001.002); D, female (74.6 by 100.1 mm) (ZRC 2006.0113).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="322E9258FFDAFFF4FEAEFBE1BD83D4C1" blockId="4.[264,1323,1119,1905]" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">Ambulatory legs slender, smooth, laterally flattened. Dactylus styliform, gently curved. Abdomen narrow; first segment narrow with slightly convex granulated outer margin; second segment with distinct granules on outer and median parts; third to fifth segment fused but lateral clefts separating them still discernable; third segment subrectangular, outer margin granulated, scalloped; fourth segment trapezoidal, lateral margins slightly concave; fifth segment rectangular, lateral margins slightly concave; sixth segment squarish, lateral margins sinuous; telson acutely triangular, lateral margins straight, converging to sharp apex distally.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="322E9258FFDAFFF4FEAEFA21BB1FD4B1" blockId="4.[264,1323,1119,1905]" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">G1 stout, slightly sinuous; tip truncated, distal surface lined with numerous minute spinules. G2 subequal in length to G1, slender, curved, distal tip rounded.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="7A8BC1D3FFDAFFF7FEAEFA50BED4D75E" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="46" pageId="4" pageNumber="43" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="322E9258FFDAFFF4FEAEFA50BD85D671" blockId="4.[264,1323,1119,1905]" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDAFFF4FEAEFA50BED0D758" bold="true" box="[312,426,1518,1544]" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">Remarks</emphasis>
. Barnards (1947, 1950) reports of
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDAFFF4FCF7FA51BB42D758" box="[865,1080,1519,1544]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">Calappa japonica</emphasis>
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were the first from
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. His record was followed by that of
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in a list of the South African decapod crustaceans.
<bibRefCitation id="5600EFA9FFDAFFF4FDFFF981BD87D709" author="Galil" box="[617,765,1599,1625]" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" refString="Galil, B. (1997) Crustacea Decapoda: A revision of the Indo-Pacific species of the genus Calappa Weber, 1795 (Calappidae) In A. Crosnier (ed.) Resultats des Campagnes MUSORTORM, Volume 18. Memoires du Museum. National d'Histoire Naturelle, 176, 271 - 335." type="journal article" year="1997">Galil (1997)</bibRefCitation>
, in her revision of the genus, followed
<bibRefCitation id="5600EFA9FFDAFFF4FB5AF981BE2CD7D1" author="Barnard" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" refString="Barnard, K. H. (1950) Descriptive catalogue of South African Decapod Crustacea (Crabs and Shrimps). Annals of the South African Museum, 38, 1 - 837, figs. 1 - 154." type="journal article" year="1950">Barnard (1950)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="5600EFA9FFDAFFF4FE04F9D9BD36D7D1" author="Kensley" box="[402,588,1639,1665]" pageId="4" pageNumber="47" refString="Kensley, B. F. (1981) On the Zoogeography of Southern African Decapod Crustacea, with a distributional checklist of the Species. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 338, 1 - 64, figs. 1 - 4." type="journal article" year="1981">Kensley (1981)</bibRefCitation>
, and listed the species from
<collectingCountry id="4A86D2C8FFDAFFF4FC35F9D9BB3AD7D1" box="[931,1088,1639,1665]" name="South Africa" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">South Africa</collectingCountry>
. The South African specimens examined here are certainly similar to
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDAFFF4FCDBF931BCADD7F8" box="[845,983,1679,1704]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">C. japonica</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="5600EFA9FFDAFFF4FC70F931BBE7D7F9" author="Ortmann" box="[998,1181,1679,1705]" pageId="4" pageNumber="48" refString="Ortmann, A. E. (1892) Die Decapoda-Krebe des Strassburger Museum. Theil 5, Die Abtheilungen Hippidea, Dromiidea und Oxystomata, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Doderlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und zur Zeit im Strassburger Museum sufbewahrten Formen. Zoologischer Jahrbuchner (Systematics), 6, 532 - 588." type="journal article" year="1892">Ortmann, 1892</bibRefCitation>
)
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, but can be differentiated by several diagnostic differences, most notably life colouration, carapace physiognomy, spinal structure in the distal margin of the merus, features associated with the cheliped, manus and G1 morphologies.
</paragraph>
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The live and/or freshly preserved colours of
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDAFFF4FCD7F891BCB0D618" box="[833,970,1839,1864]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">C. japonica</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDAFFF4FB94F891BBFDD618" box="[1026,1159,1839,1864]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">C. africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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, are markedly different. The dorsal carapace surface of
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDAFFF4FC06F8E9BB60D620" box="[912,1050,1879,1904]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">C. japonica</emphasis>
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is uniformly orange or dark yellow, with the anterior two-thirds covered with numerous large and smooth tubercles, each of which has a red ring at the base and is coloured bright yellow medially and at the apex (
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E). The posterior third of the carapace is smooth, unarmed, and marked with numerous red spots (but without the yellow marks) in the branchial region (see also
<bibRefCitation id="5600EFA9FFDBFFF5FEE8FE02BD6BD086" author="Sakai" box="[382,529,444,470]" pageId="5" pageNumber="48" refString="Sakai, T. (1976) Crabs of Japan and the adjacent Seas. [In 3 volumes: (1) English text, xxix + 773 pp., figs 1 - 379; (2) Plates volume, 16 pp., 1 - 251; (3) Japanese text, 461 pp., figs 1 - 2]. Kodansha, Tokyo." type="book chapter" year="1976">Sakai, 1976</bibRefCitation>
: pl. 40 fig. 2;
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: pl. 7 fig. 5). Thus, while only the anterior two-thirds of the carapace of
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDBFFF5FD5BFE5ABC22D0AD" box="[717,856,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">C. japonica</emphasis>
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is actually tuberculate, the presence of the distinctly coloured spots on the posterior one-third of the carapace gives individuals the illusion of being far more granular than they really are (
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E, 2C, D). In the freshly preserved
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of
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDBFFF5FD81FDE2BDDAD325" box="[535,672,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">C. africana</emphasis>
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(ZRC), the dorsal surface of the carapace is beige to light brown in colour, speckled with salmon pink to light red mottles. Large, smooth tubercles are also present on the anterior half of the carapace, but they do not possess the characteristic colouration of those on
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDBFFF5FD7FFD6ABC00D3BD" box="[745,890,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">C. japonica</emphasis>
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(
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, C, 2A, B). Overall,
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDBFFF5FA86FD6ABE11D245" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">C. africana</emphasis>
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, has fewer and lower granules, especially on the median and anterolateral surfaces (
<figureCitation id="AAAA8EDDFFDBFFF5FEEEFC9ABEAFD26E" box="[376,469,804,830]" captionStart="FIGURE 1. A, B" captionStartId="3.[264,367,1681,1705]" captionTargetBox="[272,1319,449,1655]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[268,1319,449,1655]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. A, B, Calappa africana, new species, male holotype (81.2 by 109.7 mm) (USNM 268804); C, D, Calappa africana female paratype (80.5 by 105.8 mm) (ZRC 2006.0109); E, F, Calappa japonica, female (74.6 by 100.1 mm) (ZRC 2006.0113). A, C, E, dorsal view of carapace; B, D, F, left cheliped, external surface." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/174624/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Fig. 1A</figureCitation>
, C).
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDBFFF5FE9EF9CBBEF7D7DD" bold="true" box="[264,397,1653,1677]" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
External margin of merus of left cheliped. A,
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDBFFF5FC02F9C8BB29D7DD" box="[916,1107,1654,1677]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Calappa africana</emphasis>
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,
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, male holotype (81.2 by 109.7 mm) (USNM 268804); B,
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDBFFF5FCA5F927BC81D7E0" box="[819,1019,1689,1712]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">
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,
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female (74.6 by 100.1 mm) (ZRC 2006.0113).
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Barnards (1950: 352) colour description of
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDBFFF5FCD2F8B8BCB7D64F" box="[836,973,1798,1823]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">C. japonica</emphasis>
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is diagnostic: “
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preserved, pale with salmon pink mottling around the pustules and on hinder half of the carapace.” This colour exactly matches our observations on
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFDBFFF5FCE7F8E8BC86D63F" box="[881,1020,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">C. africana</emphasis>
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,
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. Barnards description and figure of the carapace also match the new species. Thus, we consider his record to represent
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD8FFF6FE7DFEFABD0BD00D" box="[491,625,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">C. africana</emphasis>
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD8FFF6FE9EFA88BEF1D41E" bold="true" box="[264,395,1334,1358]" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD8FFF6FE05FA88BD2AD41D" box="[403,592,1334,1357]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Calappa africana</emphasis>
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,
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, male holotype (81.2 by 109.7 mm) (USNM 268804). A, left G1; B, distal part of left G1; C, left G2; D, abdomen; E, first article of antenna. Scale: 1mm
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The physiognomies of the two species are quite different. The branchial regions of
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD8FFF6FA86FA1ABE14D4B5" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">C. japonica</emphasis>
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(
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C, D) being relatively more swollen than those of
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD8FFF6FB9FFA72BBF4D4B5" box="[1033,1166,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">C. africana</emphasis>
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(
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A, B). This is especially obvious when viewed frontally with specimens of similar size and belonging to the same sex. Together with the more prominent and extensive tubercles on the carapace surface, the overall appearance of
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD8FFF6FCD4F9FABCB7D70D" box="[834,973,1604,1629]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">C. japonica</emphasis>
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is more convex and rounded (
<figureCitation id="AAAA8EDDFFD8FFF6FE87F9D2BE17D7D6" box="[273,365,1644,1670]" captionStart="FIGURE 1. A, B" captionStartId="3.[264,367,1681,1705]" captionTargetBox="[272,1319,449,1655]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[268,1319,449,1655]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. A, B, Calappa africana, new species, male holotype (81.2 by 109.7 mm) (USNM 268804); C, D, Calappa africana female paratype (80.5 by 105.8 mm) (ZRC 2006.0109); E, F, Calappa japonica, female (74.6 by 100.1 mm) (ZRC 2006.0113). A, C, E, dorsal view of carapace; B, D, F, left cheliped, external surface." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/174624/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Fig. 1A</figureCitation>
, C, 2A, B) than in the new species (
<figureCitation id="AAAA8EDDFFD8FFF6FC98F9D2BC2AD7D6" box="[782,848,1644,1670]" captionStart="FIGURE 1. A, B" captionStartId="3.[264,367,1681,1705]" captionTargetBox="[272,1319,449,1655]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[268,1319,449,1655]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 1. A, B, Calappa africana, new species, male holotype (81.2 by 109.7 mm) (USNM 268804); C, D, Calappa africana female paratype (80.5 by 105.8 mm) (ZRC 2006.0109); E, F, Calappa japonica, female (74.6 by 100.1 mm) (ZRC 2006.0113). A, C, E, dorsal view of carapace; B, D, F, left cheliped, external surface." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/174624/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
E, 2C, D). It is known that the carapaces of female
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD8FFF6FEE9F92ABE9ED7FD" box="[383,484,1684,1709]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Calappa</emphasis>
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specimens are generally more rounded and swollen compared to males (see Ng et al., 2002; Ng, 1993;
<bibRefCitation id="5600EFA9FFD8FFF6FD20F902BCFFD786" author="Lai" box="[694,901,1724,1750]" pageId="6" pageNumber="47" refString="Lai, J. C. Y., Chan, W. K. &amp; Ng, P. K. L. (2006) Preliminary molecular and morphological study of the Calappa lophos species group (Decapoda: Brachyura: Calappidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 26, 193 - 205." type="journal article" year="2006">Lai et al., 2006</bibRefCitation>
), but the differences in carapace physiognomy between
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD8FFF6FDB5F95ABDC8D7AD" box="[547,690,1764,1789]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">C. japonica</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD8FFF6FD60F95ABCFBD7AD" box="[758,897,1764,1789]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">C. africana</emphasis>
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are so marked that they are even apparent between sexes for the two species.
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<paragraph id="322E9258FFD8FFF6FEAEF88ABA51D61E" blockId="6.[264,1323,1444,1870]" box="[312,1323,1844,1870]" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">The external surface of the manus of the cheliped is also different in the two species.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="322E9258FFD9FFF7FE9EFEA2BEA7D3CE" blockId="7.[264,1323,284,1870]" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">
In
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FEBAFEA2BECED065" box="[300,436,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, there are numerous small granules uniformly distributed throughout the entire manus between the larger tubercles (
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, D) while in
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FBBDFEFABBC3D00D" box="[1067,1209,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. japonica</emphasis>
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, the fine granules are gently scattered between the large round tubercles which are similarly coloured to those on the carapace, with the ventral third of surface of the manus smooth (
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F). The spines of the external margin of the merus also differ significantly between the two species. In
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FE7FFE5ABD14D0AD" box="[489,622,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the margin consists of four lacinate teeth (fig. 3A) while in
<taxonomicName id="F591E9DBFFD9FFF7FE9EFDB2BEE8D375" box="[264,402,524,549]" class="Malacostraca" family="Calappidae" genus="Calappa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="japonica">
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FE9EFDB2BEE8D375" box="[264,402,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. japonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the distal margin of the merus consists of four lobes, each with a small tooth protruding from the centre of the lobe (
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B). The G1 structure of
<taxonomicName id="F591E9DBFFD9FFF7FBDBFD8ABBAFD31D" box="[1101,1237,564,589]" class="Malacostraca" family="Calappidae" genus="Calappa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africana">
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FBDBFD8ABBAFD31D" box="[1101,1237,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from that of
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FE0CFDE2BD58D325" box="[410,546,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. japonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the shape of its basal portion, being straighter and slightly more sinuous (
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A).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="322E9258FFD9FFF7FEAEFD12BE0CD506" blockId="7.[264,1323,284,1870]" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">
The
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specimen of
<taxonomicName id="F591E9DBFFD9FFF7FD14FD12BC76D395" box="[642,780,684,709]" class="Malacostraca" family="Calappidae" genus="Calappa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africana">
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FD14FD12BC76D395" box="[642,780,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(USNM 268804) was examined by the late Austin B. Williams. While he identified it as
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FCDAFD6ABCA1D3BD" box="[844,987,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. japonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, he commented (in a note preserved with the specimen) that it did not resemble
<taxonomicName id="F591E9DBFFD9FFF7FC12FD42BB77D245" box="[900,1037,764,789]" class="Malacostraca" family="Calappidae" genus="Calappa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="japonica">
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FC12FD42BB77D245" box="[900,1037,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. japonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
collected from the Gulf of Aden. The bottle with this specimen was kept in a separate section of the USNM, and only discovered when the second author and the present curator, Rafael Lemaitre, were looking for some other calappid specimens. One
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specimen (RMNH 30335) was collected from
<collectingCountry id="4A86D2C8FFD9FFF7FE2DFC22BD71D2E6" box="[443,523,924,950]" name="Kenya" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">Kenya</collectingCountry>
, and was briefly examined by the second author at RMNH in 2005. Charles H.J.M. Fransen was kind enough to subsequently take a good series of photographs for us to confirm that it is not
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FD6DFC52BCF8D555" box="[763,898,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. japonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as it was originally identified but
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FA86FC52BE11D57D" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
instead. This RMNH specimen was included in Galils (1997: 301) revision as
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FA86FBAABE14D505" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. japonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="322E9258FFD9FFF7FEAEFBDABED4D75E" blockId="7.[264,1323,284,1870]" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">
The large series of specimens of
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FD2CFBDABCF8D52D" box="[698,898,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">
<taxonomicName id="F591E9DBFFD9FFF7FD2CFBDABC39D52D" box="[698,835,1124,1149]" class="Malacostraca" family="Calappidae" genus="Calappa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="japonica">C. japonica</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="1BD6F331FFD9FFF7FCDDFBDABCF8D52D" box="[843,898,1124,1149]" pageId="7" pageNumber="46" sensu="stricto">s. str</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
. from the Indian and Pacific oceans that was examined shows that the differences between this species and
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FBDAFB32BBA8D5F5" box="[1100,1234,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. africana</emphasis>
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are not due to geographical variation or are related to size or sex. We also examined two
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specimens of
<taxonomicName id="F591E9DBFFD9FFF7FE27FB62BB65D5A6" authority="Alcock &amp; Anderson, 1894" authorityName="Alcock &amp; Anderson" authorityYear="1894" box="[433,1055,1244,1270]" class="Malacostraca" family="Calappidae" genus="Calappa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="exanthematosa">
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FE27FB62BDABD5A5" box="[433,721,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">Calappa exanthematosa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5600EFA9FFD9FFF7FD4AFB62BB65D5A6" author="Alcock" box="[732,1055,1244,1270]" pageId="7" pageNumber="47" refString="Alcock, A. &amp; Anderson, A. R. (1894) Natural History notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer &quot; Investigator &quot; Ser. II. No. 17. List of the shore and shallow water Brachyura collected during the season 1893 - 1894. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 63, 197 - 209." type="journal article" year="1894">Alcock &amp; Anderson, 1894</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, which has long been regarded as a junior subjective synonym of
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FC9AFABABCEFD44D" box="[780,917,1284,1309]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. japonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see
<bibRefCitation id="5600EFA9FFD9FFF7FC45FABABB26D44E" author="Galil" box="[979,1116,1284,1310]" pageId="7" pageNumber="47" refString="Galil, B. (1997) Crustacea Decapoda: A revision of the Indo-Pacific species of the genus Calappa Weber, 1795 (Calappidae) In A. Crosnier (ed.) Resultats des Campagnes MUSORTORM, Volume 18. Memoires du Museum. National d'Histoire Naturelle, 176, 271 - 335." type="journal article" year="1997">Galil, 1997</bibRefCitation>
: 300). We concur with this synonymy. Both
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specimens (NHM 1896.9.8.8; ZMUC) have all the characters we here associate with
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FD03FAEABC26D43D" box="[661,860,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">
<taxonomicName id="F591E9DBFFD9FFF7FD03FAEABC64D43D" box="[661,798,1364,1389]" class="Malacostraca" family="Calappidae" genus="Calappa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="japonica">C. japonica</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="1BD6F331FFD9FFF7FCB3FAEABC26D43D" box="[805,860,1364,1389]" pageId="7" pageNumber="46" sensu="stricto">s. str</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
. The availability of small specimens of
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FE9EFAC2BEEFD4C5" box="[264,405,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. japonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the
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(ZRC 2002.0464, ZRC 2002.465) confirms this. For stability, we here designate the better male specimen (NHM 1896.9.8.8) as the
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of
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FE9EFA72BEA6D4B5" box="[264,476,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. exanthematosa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5600EFA9FFD9FFF7FE73FA72BC59D4B6" author="Alcock" box="[485,803,1484,1510]" pageId="7" pageNumber="47" refString="Alcock, A. &amp; Anderson, A. R. (1894) Natural History notes from H. M. Indian marine survey steamer &quot; Investigator &quot; Ser. II. No. 17. List of the shore and shallow water Brachyura collected during the season 1893 - 1894. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 63, 197 - 209." type="journal article" year="1894">Alcock &amp; Anderson, 1894</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. The ZMUC specimen therefore becomes a
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.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="322E9258FFD9FFF7FEAEF9A2BCA7D61E" blockId="7.[264,1323,284,1870]" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FEAEF9A2BD72D765" box="[312,520,1564,1589]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">Calappa africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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, is the third western Indian Ocean species of
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FB53F9A2BA50D765" box="[1221,1322,1564,1589]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">Calappa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
described in recent years that has a close relative (
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<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FC10F9FABB6FD70D" box="[902,1045,1604,1629]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. japonica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) with a more easterly distribution, which includes the western Pacific.
<taxonomicName id="F591E9DBFFD9FFF7FCF4F9D2BA5CD7D6" ID-CoL="PFRD" authority="Brito-Capello, 1871" authorityName="Brito-Capello" authorityYear="1871" box="[866,1318,1644,1670]" class="Malacostraca" family="Calappidae" genus="Calappa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guerini">
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FCF4F9D2BB5DD7D5" box="[866,1063,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">Calappa guerini</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5600EFA9FFD9FFF7FBA2F9D2BA5CD7D6" author="Brito-Capello" box="[1076,1318,1644,1670]" pageId="7" pageNumber="47" refString="Brito-Capello, F. De. (1871) Algunas especies novas ou pouco conhecidas de Crustaceos pertencentes aos generos Calappa e Telphusa. Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes, Lisboa, 3, 128 - 134" type="journal article" year="1871">Brito-Capello, 1871</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, from the western Indian Ocean is closely allied to
<taxonomicName id="F591E9DBFFD9FFF7FCCDF92ABBF8D7FE" ID-CoL="PFRL" authority="Herbst, 1782" authorityName="Herbst" authorityYear="1782" box="[859,1154,1684,1710]" class="Malacostraca" family="Calappidae" genus="Calappa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lophos">
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FCCDF92ABCB6D7FD" box="[859,972,1684,1709]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. lophos</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="5600EFA9FFD9FFF7FC4AF92ABB00D7FE" author="Herbst" box="[988,1146,1684,1710]" pageId="7" pageNumber="47" refString="Herbst, J. F. W. (1782 - 1804) Versuch einer Natugeschichte der Krabben und Krebse nebst einer systematisschen Beschreibung ihrer verschiedenen Arten. 3 vols, 1 - 274, 1 - 225, 1 - 66, 1 - 46, 1 - 54, 1 - 49, 62 pls. Berlin and Stralsund." type="journal article" year="1782">Herbst, 1782</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, which occurs throughout the western Pacific, Southeast Asia to the eastern Indian Ocean, but with a doubtful record from East Africa (
<bibRefCitation id="5600EFA9FFD9FFF7FD36F95ABC26D7AE" author="Lai" box="[672,860,1764,1790]" pageId="7" pageNumber="47" refString="Lai, J. C. Y., Chan, W. K. &amp; Ng, P. K. L. (2006) Preliminary molecular and morphological study of the Calappa lophos species group (Decapoda: Brachyura: Calappidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 26, 193 - 205." type="journal article" year="2006">Lai et al., 2006</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="F591E9DBFFD9FFF7FCE7F95ABE3CD676" ID-CoL="PFQ8" authority="Lai, Chan &amp; Ng, 2006" authorityName="Lai, Chan &amp; Ng" authorityYear="2006" class="Malacostraca" family="Calappidae" genus="Calappa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acutispina">
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FCE7F95ABB23D7AD" box="[881,1113,1764,1789]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">Calappa acutispina</emphasis>
Lai,
<bibRefCitation id="5600EFA9FFD9FFF7FB0FF95ABE3CD676" author="Chan" pageId="7" pageNumber="47" refString="Lai, J. C. Y., Chan, W. K. &amp; Ng, P. K. L. (2006) Preliminary molecular and morphological study of the Calappa lophos species group (Decapoda: Brachyura: Calappidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 26, 193 - 205." type="journal article" year="2006">Chan &amp; Ng, 2006</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, from
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is allied to
<taxonomicName id="F591E9DBFFD9FFF7FD3BF8B2BBB0D676" ID-CoL="PFS9" authority="Takeda &amp; Shikatani, 1990" authorityName="Takeda &amp; Shikatani" authorityYear="1990" box="[685,1226,1804,1830]" class="Malacostraca" family="Calappidae" genus="Calappa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Decapoda" pageId="7" pageNumber="46" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadrimaculata">
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD9FFF7FD3BF8B2BCF1D675" box="[685,907,1804,1829]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">C. quadrimaculata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5600EFA9FFD9FFF7FC02F8B2BBB0D676" author="Takeda" box="[916,1226,1804,1830]" pageId="7" pageNumber="48" refString="Takeda, M. &amp; Shikatani, N. (1990) Crabs of the genus Calappa from the Ryukyu Islands, with description of a new species. Zoological Science, 7, 477 - 484." type="journal article" year="1990">Takeda &amp; Shikatani, 1990</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, from E ast Asia and the
<collectingCountry id="4A86D2C8FFD9FFF7FE5CF88ABD34D61E" box="[458,590,1844,1870]" name="Philippines" pageId="7" pageNumber="46">Philippines</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="5600EFA9FFD9FFF7FDCBF88ABC68D61E" author="Lai" box="[605,786,1844,1870]" pageId="7" pageNumber="47" refString="Lai, J. C. Y., Chan, W. K. &amp; Ng, P. K. L. (2006) Preliminary molecular and morphological study of the Calappa lophos species group (Decapoda: Brachyura: Calappidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 26, 193 - 205." type="journal article" year="2006">Lai et al., 2006</bibRefCitation>
; Ng et al., 1999).
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="322E9258FFD6FFF8FEAEFEA5BB07D066" blockId="8.[312,1192,283,350]" box="[312,1149,283,310]" pageId="8" pageNumber="47">
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD6FFF8FEAEFEA5BEC5D065" bold="true" box="[312,447,283,309]" pageId="8" pageNumber="47">Etymology</emphasis>
. The species is named after the continent it is known from.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="322E9258FFD6FFF8FEAEFEFDBBD2D00E" blockId="8.[312,1192,283,350]" box="[312,1192,323,350]" pageId="8" pageNumber="47">
<emphasis id="00E54E4AFFD6FFF8FEAEFEFDBEA2D00D" bold="true" box="[312,472,323,349]" pageId="8" pageNumber="47">Distribution.</emphasis>
Known only off the eastern and southeastern coast of Africa.
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