Trapezia (crab)

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
• Trapezia tigrina Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842

Trapezia
Trapezia tigrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Trapeziidae
Genus:	Trapezia Latreille, 1825
Type species
Trapezia dentifrons Latreille, 1828