Trapezia rufopunctata Red-spotted Coral Crab, Polkadot Guard Crab, Rust Spotted Guard Crab

Trapezia rufopunctata is commonly referred to as Red-spotted Coral Crab, Polkadot Guard Crab, Rust Spotted Guard Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Alan Sutton, Tansania

PN0A5568_Trapezia rufopunctata, Tanzania 2022

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AphiaID:: 210187

Scientific:: Trapezia rufopunctata
German:: Rot Gepunktete Korallenkrabbe
English:: Red-spotted Coral Crab, Polkadot Guard Crab, Rust Spotted Guard Crab

Category:: Granchi

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Trapeziidae (Family) > Trapezia (Genus) > rufopunctata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Herbst, ), 1799

Occurrence:: (the) Maldives, Comores, East Africa, Eastern Indian Ocean, French Polynesia, Indo Pacific, Japan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Réunion , Tansania, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Tuamoto Islands, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean
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 - 30 Meter
Habitats:: Epibiont (living on other organisms), On living corals, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 1.97" - 2.36" (5cm - 6cm)
Temperature:: 25,4 °F - 29,3 °F (25,4°C - 29,3°C)
Food:: No reliable information available
Tank:: 22 gal (~ 100L)
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:

Trapezia areolata
Trapezia bella
Trapezia bidentata
Rostrote-Korallenkrabbe
Trapezia cheni
Trapezia corallina
Trapezia cymodoce
Zart-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:: 2008-07-23 10:21:55
Last edit:: 2025-04-13 14:10:46

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Trapezia rufopunctata (Herbst, 1799)

It lives in corals like Poccilopora and Stylophora.

The trapezoidal carapace has a unique mottled pattern, with around 100 to 200 reddish or orange spots on a white or pink background. Its eyes are a contrasting shade of green.

Synonymised names
Cancer rufopunctatus Herbst, 1799 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Grapsillus maculatus MacLeay, 1838 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Quadrella rufopunctata Chen, 1933 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trapezia acutifrons A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trapezia maculata (MacLeay, 1838) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trapezia rufopunctata f. typica Ortmann, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Direct children (2)
Forma Trapezia rufopunctata f. typica Ortmann, 1897 accepted as Trapezia rufopunctata (Herbst, 1799) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Trapezia rufopunctata var. intermedia Miers, 1886 accepted as Trapezia intermedia Miers, 1886 (unaccepted > superseded combination)