please id this crab!

[solomon]

Hi i found this crab on one of my corals I would like to know what kind crab it is and most important is it reef safe? Thanks

 

[marklugo23]

i found this, and maybe yours doesnt have as much green to it, maybe because of stress. but i hope this helps

http://www.fishchannel.com/saltwater-aquariums/reefkeeping/guard-crabs.aspx

 

[marklugo23]

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchcrabs.html

 

[rookie07]

Hi i found this crab on one of my corals I would like to know what kind crab it is and most important is it reef safe? Thanks

What coral was it on/in? Branching SPS?

 

[solomon]

it was on this small pice and i it went in between the small polyps it looks like it skilling the coral

 

[solomon]

Hi i found this crab on one of my corals I would like to know what kind crab it is and most important is it reef safe? Thanks

if anybody can tell me if its reef safe asap will be great because im holding the crab in a cup now!

 

[solomon]

bump crab still in the cup any ideas?:help:

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

It looks like a Tetralia nigrolineata

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/coral_crabs-5.html

 

[m'akoyPINOY]

it's a xenia crab.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/factfiles/crustaceans/xanthid_crab_bg.shtml

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

get rid of it, no crab is really reef safe except arrows as far as I have seen but they do tend to piss off corals by walking on them w/ those long legs.

 

[reefer4eva]

From looking at the shape of the body it looks like a crab you would find locally in the ocean...if so they get big..I wouldn't take the chance