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Trapezia guard crab (no English common name)
Trapezia richtersi
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 210181, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Trapezia guard crab (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Trapezia richtersi
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Crabs
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A coral guard crab that lives among the branches of Pocillopora corals.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 3 observers).
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210181
- inaturalist.org /taxa/1099502
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.