Calappa lophos (Herbst, 1785)

Calappa lophos (Herbst, 1785) View in CoL

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Material examined

MAURITIUS • 1 ♂ (102.3 ×64.7); 1850; “Sala del Mar” exhibition; MNCN20.04/00022 .

Remarks

The specimen is dry preserved inside a glass and wood case. It was exhibited in the “Sala del Mar”. The description provided about the species is interesting and makes it understandable even to non-taxonomists: “Cangrejo parecido al llamado globito en España, de profundidad, propio de los mares de la Isla de Francia” (crab similar to the one called “globito” in Spain, from the deep sea, typical of the waters around the Island of France [= Mauritius]). The name “globito” refers to C. granulata .

The specimen was previously misidentified as Calappa tuberculata (Fabricius, 1787) .

For identification see also Galil (1997).