Species Trapezia formosa Smith, 1869
- Trapezia formosa Smith, S.I. 1869. Notes on new or little known species of American cancroid Crustacea. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12: 274-289 [286].
Type data:
Lectotype MCZ 4834 ♀, Pearl Islands, Gulf of Panama, Panama.
Paralectotype(s) MNHP B16542 ♂ ♀, Pearl Islands, Gulf of Panama, Panama.Subsequent designation references:
Castro, P. 1996. Eastern Pacific species of Trapezia (Crustacea, Brachyura, Trapeziidae), sibling species symbiotic with reef corals. Bulletin of Marine Science 58(2): 531-554 [546].
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific and eastern Pacific except Red Sea, Persian Gulf, French Polynesia, and Hawai'i.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Symbiotic with branching coral (Pocillopora species).
General References
Castro, P. 1999. Trapeziid crabs (Crustacea, Brachyura, Xanthoidea, Trapeziidae) of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Zoosystematica Rossica 21(1): 93-120 [109]
Castro, P. 2000. New records of trapeziid crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Trapeziidae) from the Coral Sea and northern Tasman Sea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45(2): 204 (additional distribution records)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2012 | 04-Jun-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 10-May-2012 | 18-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |