Trapezia [SEP] parent taxon
Trapezia
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. It contains the following species:
- "Trapezia areolata"
- "Trapezia bella"
- "Trapezia bidentata"
- "Trapezia cheni"
- "Trapezia corallina"
- "Trapezia cymodoce"
- "Trapezia digitalis"
- "Trapezia flavopunctata"
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- "Philine trapezia"
- "Philine umbilicata"
- "Philine vaillanti"
- "Philine ventricosa"
- Taxon inquirendum:
- "Philine minuta"
- Species brought into synonymy:
- "Philine apertissima" de Folin, 1893 : synonym of "Philine quadripartita" Ascanius, 1772
- "Philine argentata" Gould, 1859 : synonym of "Philine orientalis" A. Adams, 1854
- "Philine cingulata" G. O. Sars, 1878