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Zootaxa: a New Species of Calappa Weber, 1795 (Crustacea: Decapoda

Zootaxa 1358: 39–48 (2006) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ ZOOTAXA 1358 Copyright © 2006 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) A new species of Calappa Weber, 1795 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Calappidae) from East and South Africa JOELLE C. Y. LAI1 & PETER K.L. NG2 Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 117543, Repub- lic of Singapore. Abstract A new species of box crab, Calappa africana, new species (Brachyura: Calappidae) is described from East and South Africa. The species, previously misidentified as C. japonica Ortmann, 1892, differs from C. japonica by its live colouration, carapace shape, and the morphologies of the manus and merus of the cheliped and male first gonopod. In addition, a new lectotype for C. exanthematosa, a junior synonym of C. japonica, is selected. Key words: Calappidae, Calappa, new species, East Africa, South Africa Introduction Ten species of box crabs belonging to the genus Calappa, Weber, 1795, are known from the coasts of East and South Africa: C. bicornis Miers, 1884, C. calappa, Linneaus, 1758, C. capellonis (Laurie, 1906), C. clypeata (Borradaile, 1903), C. conifera (Galil, 1997), C. depressa Miers, 1886, C. gallus (Herbst, 1803), C. hepatica (Linneaus, 1758), C. lophos (Herbst, 1782), C. japonica Ortmann, 1892, and C. acutispina Lai, Chan & Ng, 2006 (see Barnard, 1950; Galil, 1997; Lai et al., 2006). We recently had the opportunity to examine some African specimens that had been identified as C. japonica. Our studies showed that it is not C. japonica but a closely allied and undescribed species instead. The new species is described, illustrated and compared with C. japonica. Specimens examined in this study are deposited in the Zoological Reference Collection of the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore (ZRC); National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. (USNM); Zoological Museum of the University of Copenhagen (ZMUC); The Naturalis, Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden (ex Rijksmuseum Accepted by P. Castro: 11 Oct. 2006; published: 16 Nov. 2006 39.

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