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Red-dotted guard crab
Trapezia cymodoce
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 210176, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Red-dotted guard crab
- Scientific
- Trapezia cymodoce
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Crabs
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 59 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A coral guard crab with a red-dotted pale shell that lives among the branches of Pocillopora corals.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=13, 10 observers); literature records via OBIS.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Trapezia-cymodoce.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210176
- inaturalist.org /taxa/487568
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Cangrejo_PaladÃn_CarmesÃ_(Trapezia_cymodoce)_en_coral_(Poci
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.