Trapezia digitalis
Brown Guard Crab
As recorded: Trapezia digitalis Latreille, 1828
Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Trapeziidae
- Locality
- Howland Island
- Island
- Howland Island
- Region
- U.S. Outlying Islands
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Trapezia digitalis observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 64 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-07-24.
2026-07-24
Christmas Island
(c) Taz Febicoski, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-01
Central Sulawesi, ID
(c) Malte Sellin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-28
Maluku Tenggara Barat, Maluku, Indonesia
(c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-03-12
Islote Espejo, Marchena
(c) Billy Bensted-Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-01-09
Dahab, South Sinai Governorate, Egypte
(c) Marleen Schouten, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-01-09
Dahab, South Sinai Governorate, Egypte
(c) Marleen Schouten, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Trapezia digitalis. BPBM 2059. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39383818. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/s/2059.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 39383818 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026