Anyone have any idea's

[divingdon]

Any idea's if this crab is reef safe or not, I found it in the overflow.


The crab is about 1" long big claws with red undersides the color is a blueish green. see attached pic

 

[jaa1456]

Doesn't look like it. Not sure which exact crab it is but no good. Looks almost like a bull crab.

 

[wayne]

http://www.xtalworld.com/Aquarium/hitchfaq.htm
It doesn't help with your question sorry but it'll help id a lot of other stuff..............

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Looks to me like it is an emerald crab.

 

[THEDLO]

its a porcelain crab id by its 3 legs on each side instead of the usual 4 like real crabs, they cool completely harmless, i have 2 that hitchhiked on my LR

 

[ming]

I'd have to go with THEDLO, it looks like a green version of a porcelain crab. I never seen them in that color, but everything else about it looks like a porcelain crab.

 

[jaa1456]

Doesn't look like a Porcelin Crab to me. Where are the filter fans? Defintely not an Emerald crab.

 

[THEDLO]

Porcelain crabs only pull those out when feeding. And the 6 legs are a dead giveaway.

 

[divingdon]

If it's a crab I want in my tank I will need to pull it from the sump. when i find it again.

 

[THEDLO]

yea theres harmless like i said, never seen a green one, the 2 i have are both purple.

 

[jaa1456]

Porcelain crabs only pull those out when feeding. And the 6 legs are a dead giveaway.

There are other crabs with 6 legs.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

leave it in the sump, it will be fine there.

 

[THEDLO]

>6 is not a crab. But any who, its still a porcelin, and it won't get bigger then an 1.5 max

 

[Boomer]

I have tried to find this crab in my ID books and on-line ref but can't. So, all one can say is that it is a Porcelain as THEDLO stated. They have as stated only 6 walking legs, as the 4 set of walking legs is highly degenerated/reduced and held tight up against the abdomen.