Cryptic crab identification help please

[Lady of Babylon]

It only recently moved to a part of the rock where I could see it. It doesn’t appear to ever leave this rock. Need an id to know if it is reef safe/ isn’t going to outgrow it’s rock… and my tank.

 

[Lady of Babylon]

I fat finger selected a recipe screen shot, and it’s not letting me remove the photo yet. Sorry!

 

[Goaway]

I was going to say, "are you making field crab pickled in fish sauce"?
I don't think it's a porcelain crab. But looks like one.
Edit, My brain is spelling words backwards.

 

[Dolphins18]

Not sure what it is but anything with black claws and black legs should probably come out lol.
Is it going into egg rolls?

 

[Lady of Babylon]

Not sure what it is but anything with black claws and black legs should probably come out lol.
Is it going into egg rolls?

If it gets too big, It’ll become a California roll… because every food with avocado has to have California in the name

 

[Goaway]

Pretty gorilla crab. It will become a terror.

 

[Lady of Babylon]

You might be confirming my fear. *insert gif of Alice in Wonderland’s Queen “off with it’s head!”* off to the sump! It is then. Don’t need guerrilla warfare in my peaceful tank.

This picture is the only one I found that was hairless with similar markings, no formal positive ID or description.

 

[Dolphins18]

Don't eat it by the way

 

[Peter Houde]

Whatever it is, it is beautiful. I've had several crabs of various types show up spontaneously (the first appeared long after my raw live rock went through decay and cycling), but none as pretty as that. Consider yourself lucky.

 

[DrZoidburg]

@Dolphins18 Very true look at clown crab as an example. It eats zoanthids and absorbs the toxins.

 

[Lady of Babylon]

I agree it is a pretty looking crab

 

[Lady of Babylon]

I had to a long battle of catching it to relocate it to my sump. It lost a claw, but was eating fine when I let it go in my sump.

 

[Frostblitz20]

I fat finger selected a recipe screen shot, and it’s not letting me remove the photo yet. Sorry!

i thought you was posting how you was going to cook it.