Calappa capellonis (Laurie, 1906)

Kumar, Biju A., Kumar, M. Sushil & Galil, Bella S., 2013, Calappid and leucosiid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Kerala, India, with the description of a new species of Mursia Desmarest, 1823, from the Arabian Sea and redescription of M. bicristimana Alcock & Anderson, 1894, Zootaxa 3746 (4), pp. 529-551 : 531

Calappa capellonis (Laurie, 1906)

Calappa gallus capellonis Laurie 1906: 355 .—Jayabaskaran et al. 2000: 6.

Calappa gallus— Tirmizi & Kazmi 1988: 57, fig. 17a–d.—Kumar et al. 2007: 285, not Calappa gallus (Herbst, 1803) .

Kerala material examined. Neendakara, 08˚56'N 76˚32'E, 30–70 m, 5 June 2007, 4 ♀ (CW 42.0–47.0 mm); 13 Sep. 2007, 2 ♂ (CW 40–42.6 mm), 1 ♀ (CW 46.3 mm); 27 Nov. 2007, 3 ♀ (CW 30.9–53.6 mm) (DABFUK).— Ponnani, 10˚47’N 75˚55’E, 30–70 m, 29 Aug. 2007, 2 ♀ (CW 45.8, 46.3 mm) (DABFUK).

Distribution. Originally described from Sri Lanka, the species has since been recorded from Madagascar and Seychelles to Pakistan, Thailand, South China Sea, Japan, Philippines, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and the Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, India (Galil 1997; Jayabaskaran et al. 2000; Ng 2002; Ng et al. 2002; Galil & Ng 2010). New record for Kerala.