Trapezia bidentata Rusty guard crab , Two Tooth Guard Crab

Trapezia bidentata is commonly referred to as Rusty guard crab , Two Tooth 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.

Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town

Trapezia bidentata, adventure reef,simons two mile Sodwana Bay, St Lucia, 3974, South Africa 2024 (CC-BY-SA)

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Scientific:: Trapezia bidentata
German:: Rostrote-Korallenkrabbe
English:: Rusty Guard Crab , Two Tooth Guard Crab

Category:: Granchi

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Trapeziidae (Family) > Trapezia (Genus) > bidentata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Forskål, ), 1775

Occurrence:: Comores, Hawaii, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, North Pacific (Ocean), Red Sea, Réunion , South-Africa, South-Pazific, Tasmania (Australia), the Seychelles
Sea depth:: 1 - 43 Meter
Habitats:: Coral reefs, On living corals, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0.39" - 0.79" (1,5cm - 2,5cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°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
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:: 2020-01-02 13:14:56
Last edit:: 2025-01-20 19:54:01

Info

Trapezia bidentata (Forskål, 1775)

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.

Synonymised names
Cancer bidentata Forskål, 1775
Grapsillus subinteger MacLeay, 1838
Trapezia cymodoce var. edentula Laurie, 1906
Trapezia ferruginea Latreille, 1828
Trapezia ferruginea typica Borradaile, 1900
Trapezia miniata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846 [in Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842-1854] (junior synonym)
Trapezia subdentata Gerstaecker, 1856

External links

Crustiesfroverseas (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Reefguide (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
UnderwaterKwaj, Homepage Scott & Jeanette Johnson (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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