Can you indentify this crab
 

Hello all,

I have another hitchhiker on the used live rock. this crfab appeared a few days ago. He seems to be doing no harm and just cleaning up. Lives in a cave in one of the rocks. But would like to know who he is. He is very nocturnal so the pictures are not great. Had to shot in moon light. Red body, red eyes. White bands on the legs.

Thanks
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looks scary with those red eyes, can he have his own tank?

Red eyes = flush.

Bad.

Gorrilla crab! send him to Davy Jones' locker!

Hmmm hard to tell looks like crabicus pincherus , but seriously its seems to be a type of mirthrax crab , the spoon shaped pincers are for picking algae . There usually harmless but any crab has the potential to be a jerk.

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Spoon shaped pinchers would be correct. So far he has been OK and not a jerk! but the point is well taken. If he starts to misbehave out he will go to the" time out box". So far he just picks up detritus and cleans up.

Never seen any with red eyes before. All I have looked at are black. Yes a little creepy :)

If you decide you want him out of your tank, let me know. I'll take him. I am a bit of a crab-a-holic and have a number of them in my tank.