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Trapezia corallina Red Coral Crab

Trapezia corallina is commonly referred to as Red 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 Dan Schofield, UK

Trapezia corallina,Soná District, Veraguas Province, Panama 2025 (CC BY)


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lexID:
18122 
AphiaID:
443877 
Scientific:
Trapezia corallina 
German:
Rote Korallenkrabbe 
English:
Red Coral Crab 
Category:
Granchi 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Trapeziidae (Family) > Trapezia (Genus) > corallina (Species) 
Initial determination:
Gerstaecker, 1856 
Occurrence:
Columbia, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Panama 
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:
- 20 Meter 
Habitats:
On living corals, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0" - 0.39" (0,6cm - 1,4cm) 
Temperature:
80.6 °F - 86 °F (27°C - 30°C) 
Food:
No reliable information available 
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
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-02-05 13:48:34 

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Trapezia corallina Gerstaecker, 1856

Associated with branching hard corals (Acropora, Stylopora).

External links

  1. researchgate (en). Abgerufen am 05.02.2026.

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