Calappa pelii Herklots, 1851

Muñoz, Isabel, García-Raso, J. Enrique, Chillón, Begoña Sánchez & Cuesta, Jose A., 2025, Marine crabs from African waters housed in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC): An opportunity for biogeographic and systematic studies. Part I: Heterotremata (Decapoda, Brachyura), European Journal of Taxonomy 996, pp. 1-94 : 15

Calappa pelii Herklots, 1851

Fig. 12

Material examined

MOROCCO − Larache • 1 ♀ (24.6 ×21.9); 1955; MNCN20.04/04391 .

Remarks

This is the first record of C. pelii in Moroccan waters. However, it has been cited from Alboran Sea ( Galil et al. 2002).

The specimen was identified as “Sin identificar” (unidentified) and assigned to Calappidae .

For identification, see also Fransen (2014).

Figures

Fig. 12. Calappa pelii Herklots, 1851, MNCN20.04/04391. Scale bars = 1 cm.