ID Crab that came with scarlet crabs

[addictedtoreefing]

What kind of crab is this? reef safe?

 

[fishywishy]

Looks like a zebra hermit. reef safe.

 

[addictedtoreefing]

I ordered a 5 pack of scarlet crabs. The one isn't a scarlet. Just wanted to make sure safe. It's not hairy so not gorilla but you think zebra?

 

[addictedtoreefing]

It does have 2 claws

 

[fishywishy]

I ordered a 5 pack of scarlet crabs. The one isn't a scarlet. Just wanted to make sure safe. It's not hairy so not gorilla but you think zebra?

It’s definitely a zebra IMO. Even its not i think all dwarf hermits are reef safe.

 

[addictedtoreefing]

ok thanks

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

What kind of crab is this? reef safe?

A particularly darkly colored Orange Claw Hermit Crab (Calcinus tibicen) specimen would be my guess; probably reef-safe, since it should stay at ~3/4" max size.

 

[kjkszpj9]

I think its a Calcinus Gaimardii or Calcinus Tibicen both look pretty similar.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I think its a Calcinus Gaimardii or Calcinus Tibicen both look pretty similar.

They do look similar - C. gaimardii has a blue stripe at the end of the eyestalk that's not present on this hermit, though, so we can rule that one out in this case.