Red-Spotted Guard Crab (Trapezia tigrina) female with eggs, sheltered in a branchy coral, Mayotte

sea bottom coral reef lagoon adult female front shot overview speckled mayotte egg tropical sea colorful young protection trapezia horn coral / branching coral september saltwater species mozambique channel nobody red spotted guard crab (trapezia tigrina) marine area area reef landform earth's crust stage of development individual shot physical morphology morphology organism comoro islands africa continent morphology (zoology) sea colour protect behavior trapezidae brachyura decapoda eumalocostraca malacostraca crustacea / branchiata arthropoda articulata protostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota hard coral madreporaria / scleractinia hexacoral coral anthozoan cnidaria wild animal month of year aquatic species species particularity species indian ocean world sea and ocean guard crab (trapezia sp) crab decapod crustacean benthons sea bottoms coral reefs barrier reef barrier reefs coralreef coralreefs lagoons adults females front views front sights front sight front shots front view overviews global sight global sights full length eggs laying egg laying eggs tropical seas tropical oceans tropical ocean colourful rudy colorfully colored young protections young supervision horn corals / branching corals salt water species marine species with nobody trapezia tigrina