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02-15-2004, 09:20 PM
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Help with ugly crab ID
Anyone know what kind of crab I have here?
My guess is decorator crab.
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02-15-2004, 09:43 PM
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I think your right.... but I can't really tell
-Adam
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02-15-2004, 09:49 PM
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Little Fishy
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Looks like a phytouglyoso crab.  IMO.
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02-15-2004, 10:43 PM
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OOOO.....
Its gotta be a spider crab, take a look the resemblence is unmistakeable, maybe not the exact same species but they reaaly look alike . . . . .
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02-15-2004, 10:47 PM
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and another . . . . .
heres another pic I found . . .  |
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02-15-2004, 10:48 PM
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The only noticeable difference appears to be the texture, it looks that your crab appears to have growths or some type of slime on him....
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02-16-2004, 12:19 AM
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http://atlanta-smas.org/
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its a hairy crab, dont know the scientific name(and dont care) i got a shipload of em on my florida aquacultured rock. they get really big and even uglier ,and will start a murderous rampage sooner or later. i have slowly lowered my hand into the tank(extremely slow at night with a flashlight) and grabbed them. be careful they can dispell a pincher to get away...they make great wall trophies. |
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02-16-2004, 12:22 AM
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Yeah I read that to they get pretty large
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02-16-2004, 09:15 AM
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Birthday tracker
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looks like a mysterioso uglioissima to me 
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02-16-2004, 09:20 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by wasabi
its a hairy crab, dont know the scientific name(and dont care) i got a shipload of em on my florida aquacultured rock. they get really big and even uglier ,and will start a murderous rampage sooner or later. i have slowly lowered my hand into the tank(extremely slow at night with a flashlight) and grabbed them. be careful they can dispell a pincher to get away...they make great wall trophies.
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I've placed him into Wendy's predator tank, let him muck with the big boys
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02-16-2004, 02:19 PM
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definitely not a decorator crab, looks like he needs to be relegated to the sump!
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02-16-2004, 09:30 PM
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after checking my reference volumes i found it to be a
helluvadetrimentia tothareefinhabitantis
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02-16-2004, 10:02 PM
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are you absolutely sure it wasnt a:
ultimaticus painintheneckitus???
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02-16-2004, 10:36 PM
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try doing a search for Pilumnus fissifrons and related indopacific spp. may be a related Caribbean spp of hairy crab, but appears to be either this crab or a related spp.
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02-16-2004, 10:41 PM
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Little Fishy
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Hmm I got a crab similar to that with my live rock from florida.... Had to take my tank apart to get him out, but now he lives in the top of a cd spindle where he's harmless. I'll post a pic of him as soon as I can. His list of victoms include:
Black Perc (was sick and weak)
Queen Conch
Several different types of snails
A large brittlestar (ate him piece by piece.....grrr)
Almost got my carpet anemone to, but I drew the line and relocated him. Also happy to report that it looks like one of my black percs has taken a liking to it. |
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