ID this crab for me please

[Fishingandreefing]

I ordered an anemone porcelain crab, and I got this guy. Please let me know what it is and most importantly if it’s reef safe. Thanks

 

[Fishingandreefing]

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[Cell]

Looks like a delicious stone crab but I'm no crab expert.

 

[kjkszpj9]

dang you got really scammed, how do they mix up a porcelain crab with whatever that black clawed guy is.

 

[Cell]

@ISpeakForTheSeas

 

[kevgib67]

Wow, not even close. Looks like something I wouldn’t want in my tank. @WheatToast

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

@ISpeakForTheSeas

I'm not sure on this one, honestly. I don't currently know any crabs that I'm confident have a body shape like this - this is a good excuse for me to start diving into crab morphology and taxonomy to see if I can't figure something out though.

 

[Cell]

@vetteguy53081 any ideas on this one?

 

[WheatToast]

Wow, not even close. Looks like something I wouldn’t want in my tank. @WheatToast

I am stumped as well. The closest thing I could think of was a coral guard crab (Trapezia), which protect branching stony corals. However, they have eyes that are larger and more spaced-out compared to those of OP’s crab.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Due to black tips, I would truly not consider this crab likely a xanthid related to gorilla crab even in the sump. Hard to see on my phone but may be a convex reef crab or stone crab

 

[Fishingandreefing]

Thanks all commented. Contacted the vendor and hopefully get refunded. I was kinda of bump, first they ran out of what I wanted then sent only one crab and it was wrong. Now I gotta deal with this crab which I made an acclimation box just for him to live in for the time being.

 

[WheatToast]

Thanks all commented. Contacted the vendor and hopefully get refunded. I was kinda of bump, first they ran out of what I wanted then sent only one crab and it was wrong. Now I gotta deal with this crab which I made an acclimation box just for him to live in for the time being.

Do you have a sump to put this fella in? Maybe you could leave it there to scavenge/eat detritus and eventually start a successful fast food chain after hiring a sponge and a cephalopod.

 

[Fishingandreefing]

Do you have a sump to put this fella in? Maybe you could leave it there to scavenge/eat detritus and eventually start a successful fast food chain after hiring a sponge and a cephalopod.

In an acclimate box, I feed him regularly so

 

[Cell]

Congrats! You have stumped some of the best taxonomer's on the forum with this one!