Gall crab

[Vincent100]

Thought I'd post a pic of a gall crab for those that haven't seen one yet
This is the second one found in a couple weeks ...seems to me the coral they have been living in is starting to fight back if you look closely at pic 2 and 3 you can see what looks like ....don't know the correct word for them but guts ... Stingers what ever lol , intestines

It's like the coral is killing them in their holes than trying to eat them ...this one I took off the coral but the other it munched.

Last pic is the coral

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[kireek]

Oh,my.I had no idea these existed.I take it these are a bad hitchhiker to come across?

 

[flsalty]

Oh,my.I had no idea these existed.I take it these are a bad hitchhiker to come across?

I think that is debatable. From what I've read they are symbiotic. They don't actually eat or harm coral. They may even be beneficial. People seem to hate them though.