Common Box Crab
Calappa lophos
- Usual depth20–115 m
- Water temperature17–29 °C
- Best monthsMay, June, and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) TonyT, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 6 records
- June: 7 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 4 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 20–115 m · Deepest record: 189 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 17–29 °C
Photos
(c) Wang J.P., some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Common Box Crab, Red-streaked Box Crab
Names in 3 more languages
- Spanish
- Cangrejo caja de rayas rojas
- Japanese
- トラフカラッパ
- Korean
- 범무늬만두게
Other scientific names: Calappe lophos, Cancer lophos
Similar species
Smooth box crabCalappa hepatica
Japanese Box CrabCalappa japonica
Spectacled Box CrabCalappa philargius
- Two-horn Box Crab
Calappa bicornis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 117 open-data records from 1782 to 2013.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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