Trapezia speciosa Coral Guard Crab

Trapezia speciosais commonly referred to as Coral 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.

Jean-Marie Gradot, La Reunion

Trapezia speciosa.2021

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Scientific:: Trapezia speciosa
German:: Korallenkrabbe
English:: Coral Guard Crab

Category:: Crabs

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Trapeziidae (Family) > Trapezia (Genus) > speciosa (Species)
Initial determination:: Dana, 1852

Occurrence:: French Polynesia, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Mauritius, Réunion , South-Pazific, Vietnam
Sea depth:: 1 - 10 Meter
Size:: 1,5 cm
Temperature:: °F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Commensalism, Mucus, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Trapezia areolata
Trapezia bella
Trapezia bidentata
Rostrote-Korallenkrabbe
Trapezia cheni
Trapezia corallina
Trapezia cymodoce
Lila Korallenkrabbe
Trapezia dentata
Trapezia digitalis
Braune Korallenkrabbe
Trapezia flavopunctata
Gelb Gepunktete Korallenkrabbe
Trapezia formosa
Korallenkrabbe
Trapezia garthi
Trapezia globosa
Trapezia guttata
Stylophora Korallenkrabbe, Gepunktete-Beine Korallenkrabbe
Trapezia intermedia
Trapezia lutea
Gelbgepunktete Korallenkrabbe
Trapezia plana
Trapezia punctimanus
Trapezia richtersi
Trapezia rufopunctata
Rot Gepunktete Korallenkrabbe
Trapezia septata
Honigwaben Korallenkrabbe
Trapezia serenei
Korallenkrabbe
Trapezia speciosa
Korallenkrabbe
Trapezia tigrina
Rot-Gepunktete Korallenkrabbe, Tiger-Korallenkrabbe

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-05-02 10:44:58
Last edit:: 2021-05-02 10:53:05

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Trapezia speciosa Dana, 1852

Trapezia is a genus of guard crabs in the family Trapeziidae. Like other members of this family, they live in association with corals, feeding on coral tissue and mucus, and defending the corals from predators, like starfish.

Trapezia speciosa associated with Pocillopora verrucosa and Pocillopora grandis.

External links

treatment.plazi.org (en). Abgerufen am 02.05.2021.

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