Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Yellow-Spotted Guard Crab
Trapezia flavopunctata
Yellow-Spotted Guard Crab
Category: Coral Crabs
Scientific Name: Trapezia flavopunctata
Size: 0.7 to 1 in. (2 to 2.5 cm)  
Depth: 10-130 ft. (3-40 m)
Distribution: Hawaii, Micronesia
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Trapezioidea (Superfamily)
         └Trapeziidae (Family)
          └Trapezia (Genus)
           └T. flavopunctata (Species)

Crustaceans
Coral Crabs

Yellow-Spotted Guard Crab

Rust-Spotted Guard Crab

Honeycomb Guard Crab

Red-Spotted Guard Crab

Crowned Coral Crab

Two Tooth Guard Crab



All Photographs
© 2025 Florent Charpin