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Trapezia septata Honeycomb Guard Crab, Coral crab

Trapezia septatais commonly referred to as Honeycomb Guard Crab, Coral 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.

Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Trapezia septata, 20-25mm, Bali 2021

These live among the branches of living coral. This one was photographed at Seraya.
Courtesy of the author Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater . Please visit www.underwaterkwaj.com for more information.

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lexID:
3452 
AphiaID:
443885 
Scientific:
Trapezia septata 
German:
Honigwaben Korallenkrabbe 
English:
Honeycomb Guard Crab, Coral Crab 
Category:
Crabs 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Trapeziidae (Family) > Trapezia (Genus) > septata (Species) 
Initial determination:
Dana, 1852 
Occurrence:
Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Easter Island (Rapa Nui), French Polynesia, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Lembeh Strait, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Northern Territory (Australia), Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Réunion , Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, the Kermadec Islands, the Society Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia 
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 - 50 Meter 
Size:
up to 0.79" (2 cm) 
Temperature:
71.06 °F - 83.84 °F (21.7°C - 28.8°C) 
Food:
Commensalism, Zooplankton 
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:
2023-11-08 19:39:30 

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Trapezia septata Dana, 1852

Trapezia crabs protect their home coral from predators, such as starfish, and in return receive a good hiding place and coral slime from the coral.

Trapezia septata is colloquially known as honeycomb coral crab. It has a honeycomb like very beautiful pattern. There are reports of commensalism between the honeycomb coral crab and the SPS coral Pocillopora verrucosa from Singapore.

Synonymised names:
Trapezia areolata inermis A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
Trapezia reticulata Stimpson, 1858 (junior synonym)

Scientific paper

  1. TRAPEZIA SEPTATA DANA, 1852 (BRACHYURA, TRAPEZIIDAE): A NEW RECORD FOR SINGAPORE WITH NOTES ON ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HOST CORAL, POCILLOPORA VERRUCOSA, AI-CHIN LEE and TSAI M. SIN, 2009
  2. Trapezia Septata Dana, 1852 (Brachyura, Trapeziidae): A New Record for Singapore with Notes on its Relationship with the Host Coral, Pocillopora Verrucosa, Lee, Ai-Chin; Sin, Tsai , 2009
  3. On the Taxonomic Status of Trapezia areolata Dana and Trapezia septata Dana (Decapoda, Brachyura), B. Galil and Ch. Lewinsohn, 1985

External links

  1. Reefguide (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 08.11.2023.
  3. Trapezia septata Dana, 1852 ? (en). Abgerufen am 17.10.2023.

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Trapezia septata, 20-25mm, Bali 2021
lembeh 19 PB060299a Honeycomb Guard Crab, Trapezia septata, Retak Larry, Lembeh 2019

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