Id this crab please.

[kevgib67]

Caught this little guy today. I thought at first it was a gorilla crab but it doesn’t have black tipped claws. Any ideas?

 

[kevgib67]

@ISpeakForTheSeas ?

 

[kevgib67]

Bump

 

[JoJosReef]

Not sure about gorilla crab, but definitely not one you want in the tank--very pointy. My understanding is that not all gorilla crabs have black tips.

 

[smitten with ocean life]

the ugly kind?

 

[Baldyreef]

Those claws definitely aren’t made for algae that’s for sure

 

[Baldyreef]

@LiverockRocks may be able to id this

 

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Was digging through photos for a gorilla with brown tipped claws, but alas... sure looks like a gorilla. Sump it.

 

[kevgib67]

Was digging through photos for a gorilla with brown tipped claws, but alas... sure looks like a gorilla. Sump it.

It was summed thank you! He’s in with a black tipped one that is four sizes bigger. If he came in on your live rock I put into the tank at the end of January, I can’t believe he’s so small. The other one was just a little bigger when I removed it from the DT and has grown huge since.

 

[Baldyreef]

It was summed thank you! He’s in with a black tipped one that is four sizes bigger. If he came in on your live rock I put into the tank at the end of January, I can’t believe he’s so small. The other one was just a little bigger when I removed it from the DT and has grown huge since.

one of my lfs used to have a chunky gorrilla crab in they're "tank of shame" which was dedicated for random hitchhikers, it was as big as my hand leg to leg

 

[JoJosReef]

It was summed thank you! He’s in with a black tipped one that is four sizes bigger. If he came in on your live rock I put into the tank at the end of January, I can’t believe he’s so small. The other one was just a little bigger when I removed it from the DT and has grown huge since.

I've had baby porcelain crabs arrive on TBS rock that weren't bigger than the head of a small screw, so always possible it came in very, very small!

 

[Baldyreef]

I've had baby porcelain crabs arrive on TBS rock that weren't bigger than the head of a small screw, so always possible it came in very, very small!

wow that would be honestly pretty cool to see a ultra tiny porcelain crab

 

[kevgib67]

I've had baby porcelain crabs arrive on TBS rock that weren't bigger than the head of a small screw, so always possible it came in very, very small!

I got dozens of porcelain crabs that came with TBS rock, they all stay small and you can see their little fans fanning when you look in the cracks and crevices. Unlike the store bought ones they ignore my rfas.