What type of crab?

[Goneaway562]

Hi everyone,

When I got this crab it was pretty small and since then has molted a few times and is huge now. Originally it was in my tank but killed a few acros and munched on my torch so it is banned to the sump forever. Can anyone id it? Sadly it came in a shipment of “emerald” crabs.

Thanks!

 

[vetteguy53081]

Its a ruby emerald crab. Not all are green

 

[ludnix]

Can you get a shot of it's claws? It looks like a emerald to me, they are sometimes red instead of green. If it has pointy claws instead of the flat grabbing claws that emeralds have it might be something else.

 

[KJ]

Mitrax crab.

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[Goneaway562]

The claws are flat, I just never thought they got this big as my emeralds in the past have been small. Thanks for the ID!