Calappa granulata, Shamefaced crab : fisheries

Calappa granulata   (Linnaeus, 1767)

Shamefaced crab

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Decapoda | Calappidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 10 - 700 m (Ref. 106272), usually 30 - 150 m (Ref. 435).  Subtropical; 46°N - 14°N, 32°W - 36°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: from the Sahara to the coast of Portugal and Israel in the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 10.0 cm CL male/unsexed; (Ref. 84401)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Carapace width: 9.2 cm (Ref. 435). Sublittoral, typically burrows in inshore soft bottoms (Ref. 106272). Also burrows in sand at depths of 13 to 400 m, common at depths of 30 to 150 m (Ref. 435). Found on a variety of bottoms -- sandy, shell grit, hard rocks and coral (Ref. 106272). Reported on upper to middle slope as well as in a seamount (Ref.106167). Infaunal feeder preying on bivalves and foraminiferans (Ref. 52384).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Fischer, W., G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.). 1981. (Ref. 435)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 13.3 - 19.2, mean 15.4 (based on 212 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.31).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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