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Old 09-11-2006, 05:33 AM
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Default Another Hitchhiker

During my usual 1 hour/day tank watch I found another hitchhiker. Pretty sure it came in with some soft coral I bought the other day. I tried to take a decent pictures for 2 nights but this one seems to be rather shy. It definitely is a crab and I searched the reference section already but was not able to identify yet. It looks similar to the Xanthidae which as a read is bad news.
Here is a description
  • 1 1/2 - 2 inches
  • smal dark red pinchers, pincher arm seems to be same width then other legs
  • striped legs
  • flat body
  • a bit hairy
  • seems to be grazing off the rock
  • nocturnal

Here is the best I could get:

1.jpg

Lemme know if you can identify this one.

Thanks,
Ang
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