Crab ID

[hobieone]

Anyone ID this hitchhiker crab?

 

[Peace River]

What did it hitchhike on (e.g., live rock)? Are the tips of the claws a dark red or black? It appears to be a stone crab.

 

[fishguy242]

hi,welcome to the reef...
going by the pattern on the legs.
agree ,you can grow him up and eat him,lol...

 

[hobieone]

What did it hitchhike on (e.g., live rock)? Are the tips of the claws a dark red or black? It appears to be a stone crab.

To be honest I’m not sure what it came on. I haven’t added anything for months but only found him today. I think it could have been on a wild zoa colony.

I would say the tips are more black Than dark red. The legs seem striped with a small amount of “fuzz” like emerald crabs but no where near as much.

would you say it’s safe to put back into my tank?

 

[fishguy242]

I would say no. look like them claws can do some damage.

 

[Peace River]

To be honest I’m not sure what it came on. I haven’t added anything for months but only found him today. I think it could have been on a wild zoa colony.

I would say the tips are more black Than dark red. The legs seem striped with a small amount of “fuzz” like emerald crabs but no where near as much.

would you say it’s safe to put back into my tank?

I wouldn’t. They aren’t as harmful as some, but they can be problematic.

 

[neonreef3d]

If you have a sump, put some rock in there and throw him in it