Oct 28, 2023 #1 foxngn Active Member View Badges Joined Sep 10, 2015 Messages 215 Reaction score 88 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Hi all, One of the lfs I frequent visited label this 2 crab as acro crab, but i have some doubt whether could it be strawberry or not. Care to ID it for me? Thanks
Hi all, One of the lfs I frequent visited label this 2 crab as acro crab, but i have some doubt whether could it be strawberry or not. Care to ID it for me? Thanks
Oct 28, 2023 #2 kjkszpj9 Active Member View Badges Joined Dec 27, 2022 Messages 382 Reaction score 186 Location Sweden Rating - 0% 0 0 0 when i look up strawberry crab all the crabs that appear on images are like yours but they are abit hairy, is yours perhaps also hairy? i cant really tell if its hairy or blank with no hairs on it. i also looked up red acro crab and got this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atergatis_subdentatus maybe this is the crab?
when i look up strawberry crab all the crabs that appear on images are like yours but they are abit hairy, is yours perhaps also hairy? i cant really tell if its hairy or blank with no hairs on it. i also looked up red acro crab and got this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atergatis_subdentatus maybe this is the crab?
Oct 28, 2023 #3 kjkszpj9 Active Member View Badges Joined Dec 27, 2022 Messages 382 Reaction score 186 Location Sweden Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Although i think its related to the Liomera crab species cause it has the same markings on its shell like yours does.
Although i think its related to the Liomera crab species cause it has the same markings on its shell like yours does.
Oct 28, 2023 #4 Macdaddynick1 Valuable Member View Badges Joined May 20, 2014 Messages 1,790 Reaction score 2,300 Location Reseda, California Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Doesn’t look like any acro crab I’ve seen.
Oct 28, 2023 #5 OP OP foxngn Active Member View Badges Joined Sep 10, 2015 Messages 215 Reaction score 88 Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Hmm. Seems suspicious. Think I won't take the risk on bringing it in my reef.