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 Dana, 1852 Trapezia bella Dana, 1852 Trapezia bidentata (Forskål, 1775) Trapezia cheni Galil, 1983 Trapezia corallina Gerstaecker, 1857 Trapezia cymodoce (Herbst, 1801) Trapezia digitalis Latreille, 1828 Trapezia flavopunctata Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842 Trapezia formosa Stimpson, 1869 Trapezia garthi Galil, 1983 Trapezia globosa Castro, 1997 Trapezia guttata Rüppell, 1830 Trapezia intermedia Miers, 1886 Trapezia lutea Castro, 1997 Trapezia neglecta Castro, 2003 Trapezia punctimanus Odinetz, 1984 Trapezia punctipes Castro, 1997 Trapezia richtersi Galil & Lewinsohn, 1983 Trapezia rufopunctata (Herbst, 1799) Trapezia septata Dana, 1852 Trapezia serenei Odinetz, 1984 Trapezia speciosa Dana, 1852 Trapezia tigrina Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
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