Trapezia formosa Guard Crab

Trapezia formosa is commonly referred to as 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.

Profile

lexID:

2607 

AphiaID:

443878 

Scientific:

Trapezia formosa 

German:

Korallenkrabbe 

English:

Guard Crab 

Category:

Krabber 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Decapoda (Order) > Trapeziidae (Family) > Trapezia (Genus) > formosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

Smith, 1869 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Guam, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Marschall Islands, Mayotte, Mexico (East Pacific), Mozambique, North Pacific (Ocean), Panama, Philippines, Red Sea, Réunion , Tansania, Thailand, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands 

Sea depth:

0 - 60 Meter 

Size:

up to 0.39" (1 cm) 

Temperature:

24,8 °F - 28,6 °F (24,8°C - 28,6°C) 

Food:

Commensalism, 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
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2008-10-04 10:00:54 

Last edit:

2023-11-07 19:19:45 

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