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Calappa gallus (rough box crab; yellow box crab)

Synonyms: Calappe gallus; Cancer gallus

Wikipedia Abstract

Calappa gallus, common name rough box crab, or lumpy box crab, and Hawaiian name poki poki, is a benthic species of box crab in the family Calappidae.
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Prey / Diet

Aliger gigas (pink or queen conch)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Epinephelus guttatus (Rockhind)[2]
Lutjanus analis (Virgin snapper)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Queen Conch Predators: Not a Roadblock to Mariculture, Darryl E. Jory and Edwin S. Iversen, Proc. Gulf Caribb. Fish. Inst. 35:108-111. (1983)
♦ 2Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0