African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Trapezia Latreille, 1828

Trapezia cymodoce

AphiaID

205143 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205143)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Trapeziidae Miers, 1886
Trapeziinae Miers, 1886

Parent

Trapeziinae Miers, 1886

Original name

Trapezia Latreille, 1828

Direct children (19)

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Species Trapezia bella Dana, 1852
Species Trapezia bidentata (Forskål, 1775)
Species Trapezia cymodoce (Herbst, 1801)
Species Trapezia digitalis Latreille, 1828
Species Trapezia flavopunctata Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
Species Trapezia formosa Smith, 1869
Species Trapezia guttata Rüppell, 1830
Species Trapezia intermedia Miers, 1886
Species Trapezia lutea Castro, 1997
Species Trapezia richtersi Galil & Lewinsohn, 1983
Species Trapezia rufopunctata (Herbst, 1799)
Species Trapezia septata Dana, 1852
Species Trapezia speciosa Dana, 1852
Species Trapezia tigrina Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
Species Trapezia danai Ward, 1939 accepted as Trapezia tigrina Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Trapezia ferruginea Latreille, 1828 accepted as Trapezia bidentata (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Trapezia glaberrima (Herbst, 1790) accepted as Tetralia glaberrima (Herbst, 1790) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Trapezia maculata (MacLeay, 1838) accepted as Trapezia rufopunctata (Herbst, 1799) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Trapezia wardi Serène, 1971 accepted as Trapezia tigrina Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Latreille, [P.A.]. (1825-1828). Histoire naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Insects. Agasse Imprimeur-Libraire, Paris. Vol. 10. 833 pp. [Pp. 1-344 published 1 Oct 1825; pp. 345-832 + errata published 13 Dec 1828; see Evenhuis, 2002 (Zootaxa 166)]. [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Trapezia Latreille, 1828. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205143 on 2026-08-14

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Trapezia Latreille, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205143 on 2026-08-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-09-11 16:01:23Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-13 07:19:12Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

checked

Davie, Peter

2020-07-25 23:12:26Z

changed

Ahyong, Shane

2022-06-16 07:00:55Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2024-01-13 17:23:10Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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original description Latreille, [P.A.]. (1825-1828). Histoire naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Insects. Agasse Imprimeur-Libraire, Paris. Vol. 10. 833 pp. [Pp. 1-344 published 1 Oct 1825; pp. 345-832 + errata published 13 Dec 1828; see Evenhuis, 2002 (Zootaxa 166)]. [details]

basis of record Serène, R. (1984). Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures de l'Ocean Indien et de la Mer Rouge. Xanthoidea: Xanthidae et Trapeziidae. Editions Orstom. Collection Faune Tropicale. 24: 1-243. [details] Available for editors

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors