Hitchiker Crab ID

[TomD]

I just want to verify that this is a decorator crab because I never had one before. It has 2 things that come out of it's mouth that kind of look like feather dusters.

I have no idea where this guy came from but he is pretty cool looking.

 

[BOSTONBAKEDBEAN]

porceline crab with out spell cheak.. they sell em so someone prob missed him.
filter feeder
. did someone sell you it as a decorator id be mad!. becorators are covered in what ever they can pick up bigger tan more spider like.
they things it waves are for filter feeding.

 

[BOSTONBAKEDBEAN]

http://www.stanford.edu/~bhackett/monterey-2005-02-25/images/decorator-crab.jpg

 

[TomD]

Yes, Porcelin and Deco I meant the same thing. I always call it decorator for some reason.

I got a bunch of chaeto from Skitpons and they sell them for $10. 3 Days later I found this little guy so I think it came it from the chaeto and got in through the fuge. I also got a Chiton! Good Stuff.

Thanks

 

[Chris L]

yup porcelean crab, they are filter feeders and are reef safe. cool little guys, they wave those mits around to collect food particles. they go for around $10- 15 bucks so you got a good hitchhiker

 

[TomD]

Thanks Chris must have been typing same time as you.

 

[reefinghabit]

thats a pretty porceline crab. i once had a few as hitchhikers on live rock. enjoy em cuz watching them, filter the plankton from the water is awesome.

 

[seahorsedreams]

How come I find gorilla hitch-hikers and you find those!!!!

 

[Jocko]

That looks exactly like the ones I got on my Tampa Bay Saltwater rock. They are awesome. It's funny when they punch obnoxious hermits in the face.

 

[TomD]

Well actually I pulled out 3 Mantis, Aiptasia, Whelk Snails, and gorilla crabs 4 months ago.

This is the first good hitchiker I have ever had!

 

[penguinsix]

Still have any of the mantis's?

 

[TomD]

Sorry, long gone.