TB Saltwater crab

[Lutz123]

Best pic I can get. This little crab hitchhiker has a carapace about 1/2 inch wide and almost black, with tan legs and bright white claws. The claws have black tips and don’t look friendly, but I haven’t come across a pic with anything similar…

 

[Uncle99]

When in doubt, pull it out, you may not get another chance.

Don’t take any risk especially that one, I agree, looks like trouble if not now, down the road.

Never found a crab I liked. None did squat in cleaning anything much.

I removed every crab 7 years ago now. What a difference, no more unexplained disappearances.

No dead snails.

 

[JoJosReef]

Pointy tips?

@ISpeakForTheSeas are there any mithrax crabs with this type of carapace and claws?

I am guessing not and that this crab is ultimately going to unsafe for your reef/stocking.

 

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Best pic I can get. This little crab hitchhiker has a carapace about 1/2 inch wide and almost black, with tan legs and bright white claws. The claws have black tips and don’t look friendly, but I haven’t come across a pic with anything similar…

@ISpeakForTheSeas
We infrequently see this crab with a brown carapace, white claws with dark tips and never larger than 1". J refers to it as a mud crab. Try trapping it using the Glass Trap and please share photos, as we'd love to add it to the hitchhiker pages.