Little white crab

Viv · 01-15-2006, 02:05 PM

got this tiny crab, I think, living in the base of a coral. I cannot see the whole thing just the two front claws which appear white. It's got to be about 5mm big. It seems to skim the outer surface of the coral with his claws. Any ideas of whether hes good or bad...really doesn't seem to be bothering the coral as the polyps still open and the color of the coral remains constant.

tims · 01-15-2006, 02:26 PM

Can you get a picture of him?
try looking in this thread we had a little bit ago, small , white, any orange spots or markings on him? what shade is the body and what do the claws look like?

Viv · 01-15-2006, 02:48 PM

he's so tiny all I can really see is the claws which are white. I thought it might be a porcelain crab but it is so small I can't even see the whole thing. The back legs, might be blue-got a very quick glimpse-with red horizontal stripes, every time I go near the glass he moves back down the coral. Gall crab? But do they have white claws. The claws look like, well, claws. Flattened white with larger upper and shorter (thumb).