Hitchhiker Killer Crab

[Zero1091]

Had to post this because I could not for the life of me find a crab that matched anything online to this one. Can anyone ID this???

For the past year this thing has been annihilating all my invertebrates, snails, star fish, and a fish aswell that mysteriously disappeared. I had to keep buying a clean up crew.

Decided to do a reefscape update and finally caught this lil demon. It used to be the size of my thumb, now its twice the size. Its freakin huge. Despite the hell it put me through Im still going to take it to a LFS and find it a better home.

 

[jeffchapok]

Gorilla crab, maybe.

 

[Fishurama]

Looks like a xanthid or mithrax.

 

[Justfebreezeit]

How big is it.

 

[lmm1967]

hmmmm - what did it hitch hike in on? It kinda looks like a Stone Crab to me with the way it kinda folds it's pinchers up under it's body but the colors are off.

 

[dking271]

Looks like a gorilla crab to me based on the limited view of the claws.

 

[lmm1967]

Most species we refer to as gorilla crabs don't tuck their claws under like that.

 

[AngryMike2016]

Offer it a banana. If the crabs it, gorilla confirmed.

 

[Zero1091]

How big is it.

Its 3”-3.5” long

It was 1” just a year ago and has been very well fed

 

[Zero1091]

The claws are black tipped aswell

 

[Zero1091]

hmmmm - what did it hitch hike in on? It kinda looks like a Stone Crab to me with the way it kinda folds it's pinchers up under it's body but the colors are off.

I added one piece of live rock and it must have gotten in that way.
I cycled my own dry rock when I started the tank so I started off with no hitch hikers.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Juvenile gorilla crab. Banish to the sump.

 

[Zero1091]

Juvenile gorilla crab. Banish to the sump.

Took him to a LFS, have snails in there aswell thanks for the info broham.