strange crab
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Devilishturtles
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Does it move? Looks maybe like Stomatella varia?
Definitely not a stomatella. It's a crab of some sort. Looks kind of like a little potato bug. I've never seen one before. Kinda looks like a tiny arrow crab but I know that's not it. It's about as big as a small thumb tack.
Devilishturtles
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Very weird and cool looking thing. I have no clue what it is, never seen anything like that before.
If you can't figure out what it is and nobody here can, try sending an email to the pros at WetWebMedia.com. They can usually figure out a lot of the ID's.
If you can't figure out what it is and nobody here can, try sending an email to the pros at WetWebMedia.com. They can usually figure out a lot of the ID's.
austinsdad
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How does it move? Slowly or more qwikly? Looks like something in the snail family to me too - so how does it move?
No, it doesn't look like anything on there. It's definitely not a snail. It has legs and moves like a crab. It even has tiny little pincers like a crab. It's the strangest thing I've seen.
I think it may be some kind of teardrop crab but I'm not sure. Maybe it's a juvenile.
I think it may be some kind of teardrop crab but I'm not sure. Maybe it's a juvenile.
usmcmarc
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Kurt_Nelson
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Which way does it move? I'm thinking the "pincers" are on the rear end, and it's an isopod. Some of the ones I've had in my tank had things on their rear ends that looked like horns, but could also look like pincers.
If it was my tank, I'd remove it just to be safe.
If it was my tank, I'd remove it just to be safe.
ryshark
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Maybe a Male Sphaeromatids Isopod??? Check out: Pills, Parasites, and Predators; Isopods in the Reef Aquarium by Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D. - Reefkeeping.com
usmcmarc
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The more I look at it, the more it looks like a bug. I'm thinking some sort of isopod as well.
Seepu
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ryshark
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Seepu- you want more chills look at this deep water isopod: Giant isopod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
usmcmarc
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OMG!!! Not only is that a creepy critter, the article says they serve it in restaurants!!!! YUCK!!!!!
ryshark
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That is pretty gross that people eat that. Especially after you click on the picture to blow it up to see a close up. I didn't catch the restaurant thing the first time... but hey, if it actually tasted just like lobster or king crab, Id try it as long as I dont see it first.
Seepu
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Oh no! That is WRONG on so many levels. I lived in Florida for a year on the beach.. and we used 'sand fleas' as bait. They were some type of isopod, I think... they were up to almost 2 inches long.. white and would scurry and burrow in the sand. I made my husband bait my hook with those. I'd touch half rotten mullet, any kind of worm/grub, squid.. no problem... but the sand fleas.. no way!
