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Trapezia bidentata
Also known as Two-tooth Guard Crab, and also referred to as Trapezia ferruginea. They hide during the day coming out at night to spread their arms and feed. They feed on plankton, and grow to a length of about 1.5cm.
Found on coral and rocky reefs, between the finger-like branches of hard coral formations, Acropora and Pocillopora. Widespread in the Indo-Pacific region.
Spotted this cute crab during a night dive.
Spotted on Apr 25, 2012
Submitted on May 2, 2012
7 Comments
Wonderful!
Hi Alice. I hate to be a spoiler, but I wish people would stop buying coral. The coral trade is contributing to the destruction of tropical coral reefs, and eventually this will affect everyone. Coral look so much better when they're alive, underwater. ;)
Brings back a Costa Rica experience when we bought lovely Coral from some children and discovered later it was occupied!
Thanks, everyone! :)
Your daily report from diving paradise. Beautiful! :-)
Nice one blogie. Cute spotting.
super spotting pal!