Anyone else keep a pebble crab?

[najer]

I have had this for a couple of months now and I have discovered that it filter feeds, the two white bits at the top act / react like feather dusters and close really quickly.
It is hard to narrow it down completely species wise, Arcania novemspinosa I think!
It has very specialised pincers and a very small mouth and I am not sure what, if anything it physically eats.
I love my creatures!

 

[Ron Reefman]

Very interesting little crab! How did you come to have it?

 

[najer]

Very interesting little crab! How did you come to have it?

My lfs picked it up at the wholesaler, I bought it as soon as I saw it.

 

[Ron Reefman]

We have a crab down here in South Florida that gets huge and has the same general body shape and long legs. I believe they are commonly called 'spider crabs'. I'll see if I can find a photo we have taken of one in the Florida Keys.

 

[najer]

We have a crab down here in South Florida that gets huge and has the same general body shape and long legs. I believe they are commonly called 'spider crabs'. I'll see if I can find a photo we have taken of one in the Florida Keys.

I know spider crabs.