Help with hitch hiker ID

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sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place -- feel free to remove the post if I'm breaking a rule. So I added some pink stylophora to my tank Monday and today I noticed a hitch hiker. Overall the coral has seemed healthy and happy polyps extending fully and color returning although it looks fairly unhappy in this photo (rescued it from a poorly kept system.) Can anyone tell me what this tiny crab is?
 

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sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place -- feel free to remove the post if I'm breaking a rule. So I added some pink stylophora to my tank Monday and today I noticed a hitch hiker. Overall the coral has seemed healthy and happy polyps extending fully and color returning although it looks fairly unhappy in this photo (rescued it from a poorly kept system.) Can anyone tell me what this tiny crab is?
If it's hairy, it has to go. A young Cymo (genus) crab perhaps. I would relocate it to be safe, before it starts munching on coral flesh.
 

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