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Yellow dotted guard crab
Trapezia lutea
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 443882, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Yellow dotted guard crab
- Scientific
- Trapezia lutea
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Crabs
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 45 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small, yellow coral guard crab that lives among the branches of Pocillopora corals.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 2 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Trapezia-lutea.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=443882
- inaturalist.org /taxa/540954
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Trapezia_lutea_(MNHN-IU-2014-20514)_001.jpeg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.