Trapezia

Trapezia

Taxobox
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
superfamilia = Xanthoidea
familia = Trapeziidae
genus = "Trapezia"
genus_authority = Latreille, 1825

"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 sea stars.

References

* Hoover, John, and John P. Hoover. "Hawaii's Sea Creatures, a Guide to Hawaii's Marine Invertebrates." Mutual Publishing, 1999.
* “Namebank Record Detail.” "uBio". 4 Jun 2008 .
* “Trapezia - Encyclopedia of Life.” "Encyclopedia of Life". 4 Jun 2008 .


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