Coral-inhabiting Trapezia crabs forage on demersal plankton
Coral-inhabiting Trapezia crabs forage on demersal plankton
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Frontiers Media S.A
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The Trapeziidae constitute a widely distributed and common family of obligatory coral-dwelling crabs on Indo-west Pacific coral reefs, feeding on coral tissue and mucus.
In situ
nocturnal surveys on
Stylophora pistillata
(a common branching pocilloporid coral species in the Gulf of Eilat, Red Sea), revealed
Trapezia cymodoce
and
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Coral-inhabiting Trapezia crabs forage on demersal plankton
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_cc2afc2179f143bf850c62d62a0ddf0b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_cc2afc2179f143bf850c62d62a0ddf0b
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2296-7745
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2296-7745
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10.3389/fmars.2022.964725
