Crab ID?

[Hilary]

Sorry, no pictures. I've been trying to catch this little guy before administering Interceptor-o-death to the tank. I originally thought he was the porcelain crab I put in the tank a couple of months ago, but don't think so now. He has red striped legs, is definitely not a hermit, and has blunt, roundish front claws. Any ideas? I'll take a pic if I ever catch him, but he likes the little holes in the rock. I can find him most nights picking at the rock, but is usually in a place where he can duck in before I can snag him.....

Edited November 19, 2009 by Hilary

[Jan]

Could he be a Halloween hermit crab? They'r very cool looking.

[Hilary]

Beautiful crab! Definitely not that, though - he's not carrying a shell around, and the stripes appear to be red and (kind of) white.....

[Jan]

Hmmm, red bait crab?

If not check here...

http://www.julianrocks.net/crustaceans/crustaceans.htm

[CHUBAKAH]

Any chance it is one of the red crabs AQUACO, and or Pacific East had this past summer?

 

Trying to remember where those were from.

[Hilary]

The little Hawaiian strawberries? Cool crabs, but although I did buy a couple none went into that tank.

 

I'm wondering if maybe it could be a porcelain crab after all - I found this pic on the net:

 

Porcelain Crab

[mogurnda]

May be a porcelain crab. I have had these guys ride in on Gulf live rock pretty regularly.