Photo Image Yellow dot Guard crab Trapezia cymodoce

YELLOW DOT GUARD CRAB

Trapezia cymodoce

Shades of orange with yellow, occasionally carapace is darker with two rows of yellow dots, four rounded lobes between eyes, Left inner carpus has six spines, the right carpus has seven.Commensal with branching corals, use claws to ward of coral predators.
Frequency of sightings:
Common
Best time of year:
All year
Divesites seen at:
Air Bajo, Air Prang, Air Prang 2, Angels Window, Aw Shucks, Batu Sandar, California Dreaming, Critter Hunt, Goby A Crab, Hairball 1, Jahir, Jahir 2, Jiko Yansi, Lembeh Resort House Reef, Magic Crack, Magic Rock, Makawide 2, Makawide 3, Nudi Falls, Nudi Retreat, Pantai Parigi, Pante Abo, Pintu Colada, Police Pier, Pulau Abadi, Retak Larry (Larrys Crack), ROJOS, Serena Besar, Slow Poke, Tanjung Kubur, Tanjung kusu-kusu, Tanjung Tebal, TK 1, TK2, TK3

Taxonomical order of this critter:
Invertebrate
Crustacean
Malacostraca
Crab
-	Black Coral Crab
-	Blue Swimming Crab
-	Candy crab
-	Carry Crab
-	Crowned coral crab
-	Cryptodomia Sponge Crab
-	Cyclocoeloma Decorator Crab
-	Dormia Sponge Crab
-	Halimeda crab
-	Harlequin crab
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