Calappa quadrimaculata Four-spot Box Crab

Calappa quadrimaculata is commonly referred to as Four-spot Box Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: toxic.

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lexID:

18530 

AphiaID:

440305 

Scientific:

Calappa quadrimaculata 

German:

Vier-Punkt-Calappa, Schamkrabbe 

English:

Four-spot Box Crab 

Category:

Crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Calappidae (Family) > Calappa (Genus) > quadrimaculata (Species) 

Initial determination:

Takeda & Shikatani, 1990 

Occurrence:

China, Philippines, Taiwan 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

3 - 30 Meter 

Habitats:

Demersal (bottom-dwelling fish), Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

up to 1.97" (5 cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Predatory, Snails 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Calappa acutispina
• Calappa africana
• 
  Calappa bicornis
  Zwei-Horn-Schamkrabbe
• Calappa bilineata
• 
  Calappa calappa
  Glatte Schamkrabbe, Rot Gepunktete Schamkrabbe, Große Schamkrabbe
• 
  Calappa capellonis
  Schamkrabbe
• Calappa cinerea
• Calappa clypeata
• Calappa conifera
• 
  Calappa convexa
  Gewölbte Schamkrabbe
• Calappa dumortieri
• 
  Calappa flammea
  Flammen-Schamkrabbe
• 
  Calappa galloides
  Schamkrabbe
• 
  Calappa gallus
  Bucklige Schamkrabbe, Raue Schamkrabbe
• 
  Calappa granulata
  Mittelmeer-Schamkrabbe, Rotflecken Schamkrabbe
• Calappa guerini
• 
  Calappa hepatica
  Glatte Schamkrabbe, Riff Schamkrabbe
• 
  Calappa japonica
  Japanische Schamkrabbe
• 
  Calappa liaoi
  Schamkrabbe
• 
  Calappa lophos
  Gewöhnliche Schamkrabbe
• Calappa monilicanthus
• Calappa nitida
• Calappa ocellata
• Calappa ocularia
• Calappa pelii
• 
  Calappa philargius
  Gefleckte Schamkrabbe
• Calappa pokipoki
• 
  Calappa pustulosa
  Pustel Schamkrabbe
• 
  Calappa quadrimaculata
  Vier-Punkt-Calappa, Schamkrabbe
• Calappa rosea
• Calappa rubroguttata
• Calappa sebastieni
• Calappa springeri
• 
  Calappa sulcata
  Gelbe Schamkrabbe
• Calappa tortugae
• 
  Calappa torulosa
  Schamkrabbe
• Calappa tuberculata
• Calappa tuerkayana
• 
  Calappa undulata
  Gewellte Schamkrabbe
• Calappa woodmasoni
• Calappa yamasitae
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Calappa sp.01
  Batman-Schamkrabbe

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-08-09 12:56:05 

Last edit:

2026-08-09 13:35:31 

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