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Trapezia flavopunctata Yellow-Spotted Guard Crab

Trapezia flavopunctatais commonly referred to as Yellow-Spotted Guard Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Yellow Spotted Guard Crab (Trapezia flavopunctata). About 1 1,5 inch carapace_Kohala Coast, Hawaii


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lexID:
11008 
AphiaID:
210177 
Scientific:
Trapezia flavopunctata 
German:
Gelb Gepunktete Korallenkrabbe 
English:
Yellow-Spotted Guard Crab 
Category:
Crabes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Trapeziidae (Family) > Trapezia (Genus) > flavopunctata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842 
Occurrence:
China, Christmas Islands, Hawaii, Indonesia, Japan, Line Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, Moorea, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Paracel-Islands, Réunion , South-Pazific, Tahiti, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Society Islands, Tuamoto Islands, West Papua  
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:
0 - 40 Meter 
Habitats:
Coral reefs, Coral skeletons, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
2,5 cm 
Temperature:
21,3 °F - 28,2 °F (21,3°C - 28,2°C) 
Food:
Detritus, Mucus, Plankton 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-04-08 17:53:19 

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Trapezia flavopunctata Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842

Trapezia flavopunctata, commonly known as the Yellow-Spotted Guard Crab, is red in colour with numerous pale to yellow spots. This species is commensal to Pocillopora corals . The small crab (size to 2,5 cm) use their claws to ward off coral predators.

Synonym:
Trapezia latifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1867

Scientific paper

  1. On the Taxonomic Status of Trapezia rufopunctata (Herbst) and Trapezia flavopunctata Eydoux & Souleyet (Decapoda, Brachyura), B. Galil and Ch. Lewinsohn, 1985

External links

  1. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Marine Species Identification Portal (en) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Trapezia Crab, Trapezia flavopunctata,U.S.A., Hawaii, Maui, 2002
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Yellow Spotted Guard Crab (Trapezia flavopunctata). About 1 1,5 inch carapace_Kohala Coast, Hawaii
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Trapezia flavopunctata.Yellow-spotted guard crab. 2021
Trapezia flavopunctata,2020

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