Random Crab in my tank???

[Mikeaq]

I moved last week and crushed my 1 emerald crab under live rock in the process. He was dead so I tossed him.

Today I was looking at my tank and saw this small brown crab the size of a dime, that I didn't buy.

Can anyone I.D. It?




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[likeaboss2645]

It looks like another emerald crab to me


90 gal reef

 

[Sniperhank]

Check here:
Crab Hitch Hikers

 

[Mikeaq]

Check here:
Crab Hitch Hikers

Thank you, I pulled it out & I'm pretty sure what It was just a molt.. Looks to be one that prays on coral tissue... Great...

Here's a closer pic of the molt if anyone can give a definite I.D. That would be great.




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[Clueless Guy]

looks an awful lot like a discolored emerald crab

 

[Sniperhank]

Looks like the molt of a xanthid to me.

 

[likeaboss2645]

After that second pic all Ik is it's not an emerald


90 gal reef

 

[Flaxon-Waxon]

Looks like a gorilla crab from the pinchers... Had one hitchhike on a trumpet coral. He went into my sump.