Crab ID found in acro

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I found a crab in an acro mini colony I got. The other colonies had obvious white masked acropora crabs, but this one looked different so I took it out of the coral and put in the sump.


 
Hi all,
I found following guy in my acros and I was wondering whether it is harmful for acros or not.
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I have usually heard the hairy ones called Gorilla Crabs. Of course nowadays, with all the trade names out there, I wouldn't doubt it is called something else also. I have also always considered the hairy ones as pests and not reef safe.
 

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