crab identification please.

[Ricky@3rdshift]

I bought a crab from a LFS that didn't really know what he was. He resembled a emerald crab, but colors are off some. His pinchers are a nice emerald/jade color green, but his body is bumpy and brown looking. The rest of his legs are also a brown color.

I only gave 2.00 for him, and the tank he was in had some old writing that said emerald crab from what we could make out.

 

[Fluff]

Not all emeralds are neccessarily green. The lfs I go to has a huge black one in their coral tank. Does the claw tips look flat and kinda white? If it is indeed a mythrax crab, the claws will tell ya. They should have small flat areas on the very tip for pulling algea, as opposed to the sharp tips of a predator.

 

[Ricky@3rdshift]

HMM I'll check. I sure wish my camera had not decided to take a dump on me or I would take a pic. Its hard to find him he hides all day till I turn out the lights at night, and then he comes out. I have to catch him before he can hide to see.

 

[Ricky@3rdshift]

Ding Ding Ding we have a winner!!! It has the white flat edges on the tips. I guess I got myself a bargin emerald crab.
Thanks

 

[Fluff]

Congrats

 

[melosu58]

I`ve also seen the emerald crabs many different colors. Them being just green is a myth