Crab ID?

[Talonn]

Seems I have a crab I can not ID, it came in as a hitchiker with TBS. The picture should be clear enough. There is no hair on this crab at all. The crab is about the size of a quarter.

http://ozarkweather.net/reef/crab1.jpg

http://ozarkweather.net/reef/crab2.jpg

Thanks,
Talonn

[K9]

That is a spider crab. I saw them all the time when I lived in the FL Keys. They grow very large too. The biggest one I ever saw down there had a shell that was the size of a baseball not including its legs! I'd see if maybe the LFS will buy him from you. HTH

-K9

[nanocat]

Mmmm, crabcakes :D

[kmk2307]

Hey Talonn,

I believe that might be a kind of decorator crab. I don't know if it is "reef safe." It might damage some sessile invertebrates.

Kevin

[baeksu]

Respectfully disagree;

I own a decorator crab and that looks nothing like it.

Unless there are different kinds.

[kmk2307]

I believe there are lots of different types of crabs that decorate themselves with stuff. He looks like one to me.

Kevin

[coyoteseven]

Are the ends of the claws spoon shaped? Hard to see in the pics.

If so, it might be a type of mythrax crab.

Just my 2¢ :smokin: