Post your cool hitch hikers thread

[ReefOcean]

Originally Posted by chris121277

Some unknown crab......(he now resides in my fuge)

That is a Curry Puff Crab and it is an endangered species and will make you sick. 2 reasons not to eat it.

[chris121277]

Originally Posted by ReefOcean

That is a Curry Puff Crab and it is an endangered species and will make you sick. 2 reasons not to eat it.

And I was just warming up the butter LOL

He's doing a fine job keeping my fuge clean...but endangered species? are you sure?

[User Name]

Originally Posted by chris121277

And I was just warming up the butter LOL

He's doing a fine job keeping my fuge clean...but endangered species? are you sure?

The crab is NOT endangered. ReefOcean, simply went to; http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfac...platypodia.htm
and assumed that because the site lists this crab as endangered in Singapore, thought that means it is also endangered else where. This is not the case.

[ReefOcean]

Originally Posted by User Name

The crab is NOT endangered. ReefOcean, simply went to; http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfac...platypodia.htm
and assumed that because the site lists this crab as endangered in Singapore, thought that means it is also endangered else where. This is not the case.

I am glad you have determined this species to NOT be endagered.

I did some checking and I can't find much more info on its threat level. A couple "unevaluated"s etc. I know it is unlikely for a small crab to be threatened, but I am simply going off the available information.

If this animal is not endagered or threatened, perhaps a couple of links might help.

[ReefOcean]

Originally Posted by chris121277

And I was just warming up the butter LOL

He's doing a fine job keeping my fuge clean...but endangered species? are you sure?

I am not sure, as User pointed out. I only found one site with information on its threat status.

But if you are really hungry, you might want to hold out until a 10 inch mantis shrimp hitchhiker crawls out of your rock work. I heard they are absolutely delicious with saffron

[Evilweevil]

So I got my coolest hitchhiker along with my new coolest coral from kazzman a week ago , the hitchhiker was a spiny star snail which I was looking for just that day at a LFS but they were out http://s1359.beta.photobucket.com/us...tml?sort=3&o=1 I am really not sure how he missed that thing lol