Trapezia flavopunctata

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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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AphiaID:: 210177

Scientific:: Trapezia flavopunctata
German:: Gelb Gepunktete Korallenkrabbe
English:: Yellow-Spotted Guard Crab

Category:: Krabber
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Trapeziidae (Family) > Trapezia (Genus) > flavopunctata (Species)
Initial determination:: Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842

Occurrence:: Réunion , Hawai, Japan, Mauritius, Stillehavet, Syd
Sea depth:: 3 - 40 Meter
Size:: bis zu 2,5cm
Temperature:: 22°C - 27°C
Food:: Detrius, Plankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
Red List:: Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

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

More related species in this lexicon:

Trapezia sp.
Korallenkrabbe

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-08-27 19:50:58
Last edit:: 2017-08-29 07:52:00

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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

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Multicrustacea (Superclass) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Heterotremata (Subsection) > Trapezioidea (Superfamily) > Trapeziidae (Family) > Trapeziinae (Subfamily) > Trapezia (Genus) > Trapezia flavopunctata (Species)

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