Crab is please

[mkpetersen]

Anyone recognize this guy?

 

[Sdoutreefer]

Hello, fellow Idaho Reefer!! No clue what the crab is. Just shouting out to the 208

 

[Soren]

Anyone recognize this guy?

It may be a red mithrax crab, similar to emerald crab, but hard to tell for sure from just one picture.

 

[Crabs McJones]

I think that's my cousin phil

 

[Jasonak]

It may be a red mithrax crab, similar to emerald crab, but hard to tell for sure from just one picture.

Thats what my money is on.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Not Mithrax Ruber, that is a common name that websites use but it is wrong, that's a different crab. The real latin name is Mithraculus Ruber, its basically an emerald crab but red. Only one I had lasted a few weeks before I evicted him for coral assault.

 

[mkpetersen]

It may be a red mithrax crab, similar to emerald crab, but hard to tell for sure from just one picture.

Yeah. I've been trying to get a picture for days and this was the best I could do. Thanks for the info. Looking at some videos of red mithrax I believe you've got it. When I first saw it I thought it was my emerald crab in different lighting. They look identical. Same size even. Thanks again.

 

[mkpetersen]

. The real latin name is Mithraculus Ruber, its basically an emerald crab but red.

I googled the name and the pictures are a solid match. Thanks. I'm on month two of a new tank and am having a small hair algae problem. Happy to have more hands on deck.

 

[fishywishy]

I have one, it’s definitely a red emerald/mithrax crab.