Confirm Hermit Crab ID please

[SDK]

The below pictured hermit crab made its way into my reef tank. Probably hiding in live rock. My opinion is that it’s a Dwarf Zebra HC (Calcinus laevimanus) and fine to leave in there.

The tank is a Nuvo 10 so I don’t want a bunch of hermit crabs in there, but don’t mind having one or two. Can someone confirm my suspicions.

Any additional info on the species is welcome. This tank will eventilually be a mixed reef.

Bonus points on a source to get some shells for it to grow into. It’s currently at about the 1/4” mark.

 

[Katrina71]

That's what he looks like to me too. @Lovemyreef2015 is great at ID'n these guys

 

[SDK]

Thanks for the reply and tag Katrina!

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

I agree with your ID. They eat filamentous algae and only grow to be about a inch in length. For shells, I always just asked our LFS for any empty shell they had. Here is a picture of the hermit crab.

 

[SDK]

Thanks so much. I was able to get a better visual than my photo shows and that is exaclty what it looks like!