Hi any id on this little guy

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Hi its about the 5mm in size is it a crab and shell i take him out.
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Nutramar Foods
Put him in the sump.
 
Deltec
I'm on my cell phone at work right now hard to tell from the picture.
 
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Kinda looks like a porcelain crab. Does it have little frilly "catcher's mitts" it waves around? If so it's a good guy, filter feeder.
 
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chubbyhubby said:
Yes it doesnt seem to have big claws
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If it is a porcelain crab it's "claws" would be whispy little things that look like see-through catcher's mitts, for lack of a better description, that it waves in the current. They're actually not "claws" per se, but adapted mouth parts. I'll wait for a better pic before I commit to a for certain ID.
 
Deltec
it's not a porcelain you can tell by this picture,

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The claws look smaller than the legs o my eyes just aren't working, I'd say a small decorator crab?
 
Really small claws usually means not reef friendly but it certainly is cool!
 
Tidal Gardens
That's a good possibility ! Are sea spiders? Like a land arachnid? spiders have 6 legs crabs have 8 ?
 
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