Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Heterotremata
Superfamilia: Xanthoidea
Familia: Trapeziidae
Subfamilia: Trapeziinae
Genus: Trapezia
Trapezia areolata Dana, 1852
Trapezia bella Dana, 1852
Trapezia bidentata (Forskål, 1775)
Trapezia brevispinosa Karasawa, 1993
Trapezia cheni Galil, 1983
Trapezia corallina Gerstaecker, 1856
Trapezia cymodoce (Herbst, 1801)
Trapezia digitalis Latreille, 1828
Trapezia flavopunctata Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
Trapezia formosa Smith, 1869
Trapezia garthi Galil, 1983
Trapezia glaessner Muller, 1975
Trapezia glaessneri Muller, 1975
Trapezia globosa Castro, 1997
Trapezia guttata Rüppell, 1830
Trapezia intermedia Miers, 1886
Trapezia lutea Castro, 1997
Trapezia plana Ward, 1941
Trapezia prisca Portell & Collins, 2004
Trapezia punctimanus Odinetz, 1983
Trapezia richtersi Galil & Lewinsohn, 1983
Trapezia rufopunctata (Herbst, 1799)
Trapezia septata Dana, 1852
Trapezia serenei Odinetz, 1983
Trapezia speciosa Dana, 1852
Trapezia tigrina Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
Name
Trapezia
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.[1] It contains the following species:[2]
A red-spotted guard crab (Trapezia tigrina) protecting its home, a cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina). Trapezia areolata Dana, 1852
Trapezia bella Dana, 1852
Trapezia bidentata (Forskål, 1775)
Trapezia cheni Galil, 1983
Trapezia corallina Gerstaecker, 1857
Trapezia cymodoce (Herbst, 1801)
Trapezia digitalis Latreille, 1828
Trapezia flavopunctata Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
Trapezia formosa Stimpson, 1869
Trapezia garthi Galil, 1983
Trapezia globosa Castro, 1997
Trapezia guttata Rüppell, 1830
Trapezia intermedia Miers, 1886
Trapezia lutea Castro, 1997
Trapezia neglecta Castro, 2003
Trapezia punctimanus Odinetz, 1984
Trapezia punctipes Castro, 1997
Trapezia richtersi Galil & Lewinsohn, 1983
Trapezia rufopunctata (Herbst, 1799)
Trapezia septata Dana, 1852
Trapezia serenei Odinetz, 1984
Trapezia speciosa Dana, 1852
References
John P. Hoover (1999). Hawaiʻi's Sea Creatures: a Guide to Hawaiʻi's Marine Invertebrates. Mutual Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56647-220-3.
Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
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