Please Help Identify Crab

[GoFish]

I would sump it, or another alternative...
The claws don't look big enough to be an emerald

[toytech]

Spoon shaped claws indicate some type mithrax crab (emerald crabs are part of the family ) . I got a whole bunch of them from some liverock and they got to a decent size but where model citizens .

[Tyfighter]

I would sump it, better to be safe than sorry.. I learnt that the hard way with a hitchhiker crab and lost a royal gramma.

[Northern Reefer]

I think Female emeralds have smaller claws than males. Hard to ID without better pics. I had an unknown that came on liverock years ago and was a great freeby untill zoas began to diappear.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by toytech

Spoon shaped claws indicate some type mithrax crab (emerald crabs are part of the family ) . I got a whole bunch of them from some liverock and they got to a decent size but where model citizens .

Agreed.

In addition, only male Mithrax crabs get large claws. Females stay small.