Crab ID

[Mrc8858]

Seen this little guy crawl out of a hole while feeding anyone know what it is?

 

[200 gallon reef]

Its kinda hard to tell from the pic, but it dosent look like a stone crab(which is good)

 

[joy13]

You might want to check out this Crab Hitch Hikers

 

[Mrc8858]

Well I checked the site and nothing matches...its about the size of a quarter with the legs and has one small claw and one large..its light brown with some subtle green and Orange striping on the legs..there has to be someone on here that has found or bought one of these guys so please let me know as soon as you can AA

 

[200 gallon reef]

The fiirst thing that comes to my mind when you say large claw small claw is the fiddler crab.

 

[Mrc8858]

It's not that drastic of a difference I'd say the large is about 3x bigger then the small
Edit* and the large claw isn't long and slender its robust and short

 

[200 gallon reef]

Hmmmmm . . . . How about the color? Is it close to the pic?

 

[Mrc8858]

No more of a brown with almost a green tint

 

[200 gallon reef]

Yea. . . U got me on that one. I have pulled out over 5 different unwanted crabs out of my tanks and none of them look like that.

 

[Badfishofbabylon]

Looks kinda like a Trapezia Pocillopora/Acropora Crab.

 

[Mrc8858]

You nailed it thank you so much lol turns out he isn't a pest but a great addition for my corals..and there asking $15 for him on liveaquaria haha

 

[Badfishofbabylon]

Glad to help, Ha I just bought one of these guys last week to guard my corals too. Nice free-bee