Couldnt get a very good shot of this guy, but he is bright orange, like a percula clown. He has white spots that are outlined in a neon blue, with tiny blue dots. Never seen him before. Anyone got any ID on this guy?
Thanks
Thanks
ID bright orange and blue crab please
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habibaluna
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Dont know what he is, but he's darn cool looking! Was he a hitchhiker?
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-12/reefslides/index.php
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-08/reefslides/index.php
lookin both of thease you might find it.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-08/reefslides/index.php
lookin both of thease you might find it.
Anthony Calfo
Well-known member
A clearer image might help with the ID but the result is the same... almost without exception, form follows function. Crabs have sturdy claws for a reason... they are opportunistic and omnivorous in most cases (read: carbs are almost never reef aquarium safe)
Your specimen is lovely. I'd sequester it to a fishless refugium and see if it will eat meats like mysid shrimps. I suspect it will. Enjoy it away from the sessile inverts, my friend.
Your specimen is lovely. I'd sequester it to a fishless refugium and see if it will eat meats like mysid shrimps. I suspect it will. Enjoy it away from the sessile inverts, my friend.
burning2nd
Well-known member
unless you dont have fish(that sleep) or something you want that they might take a bit out of....
crabs are crabs
Anthony Calfo
Well-known member
that really does sum it up... crabs are crabs.
Its like being surprised a cougar cub bites or that a bird wants to fly from its cage.
They are what they are.
Its like being surprised a cougar cub bites or that a bird wants to fly from its cage.
They are what they are.
Kimber
New member
Flamingo tongue- it's rare but they do show up from time to time. There is a picture of it in one of my books
Its a Gaudy Clown Crab heres a couple links looks like they eat Zoas fyi
http://www.dive-st-vincent-scuba-diving.com/PhotoGallery/2002Contest/image018.htm
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/swcrabidfaq4.htm 7th one down I believe.
http://www.dive-st-vincent-scuba-diving.com/PhotoGallery/2002Contest/image018.htm
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/swcrabidfaq4.htm 7th one down I believe.
burning2nd
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wow oragne looks cool....
Boomer
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Nice ID sdminsao. If that its the case and appears to be so it is a Platypodiella spectabilis[/b] It is from the Western Atlantic, North Beach, Guana Island, British Virgin Islands.
Platypodiella spectabilis, Xanthidae, usually live in holes of P. caribaeorum colonies exhibited similar PTX-concentrations like the palytoxin, which has been detected in zoanthid species of the genus Palythoa sp. These crabs eat zoanthaires effectively, but it is unclear whether they constitute their food source.
Here is another pic. Maybe we could have LeslieH look at it, as the second image is one of hers and she vsits this forum
http://atlas.drpez.org/album263
http://www.todofauna.com/foros/showthread.php?p=23653
http://www.imagequest3d.com/cgi-bin...0&search=stereopair crab&cat=all&tt=&bool=and
Platypodiella spectabilis, Xanthidae, usually live in holes of P. caribaeorum colonies exhibited similar PTX-concentrations like the palytoxin, which has been detected in zoanthid species of the genus Palythoa sp. These crabs eat zoanthaires effectively, but it is unclear whether they constitute their food source.
Here is another pic. Maybe we could have LeslieH look at it, as the second image is one of hers and she vsits this forum
http://atlas.drpez.org/album263
http://www.todofauna.com/foros/showthread.php?p=23653
http://www.imagequest3d.com/cgi-bin...0&search=stereopair crab&cat=all&tt=&bool=and
Boomer
Well-known member
Nice ID sdminsao. If that its the case and appears to be so it is a Platypodiella spectabilis[/b] It is from the Western Atlantic, North Beach, Guana Island, British Virgin Islands.
Platypodiella spectabilis, Xanthidae, usually live in holes of P. caribaeorum colonies exhibited similar PTX-concentrations like the palytoxin, which has been detected in zoanthid species of the genus Palythoa sp. These crabs eat zoanthaires effectively, but it is unclear whether they constitute their food source.
Here is another pic. Maybe we could have LeslieH look at it, as the second image is one of hers and she vsits this forum
http://atlas.drpez.org/album263
http://www.todofauna.com/foros/showthread.php?p=23653
http://www.imagequest3d.com/cgi-bin...0&search=stereopair crab&cat=all&tt=&bool=and
http://www.nhm.org/guana/bvi-invt/bvi-surv/images/crab-i06/02037.htm
Platypodiella spectabilis, Xanthidae, usually live in holes of P. caribaeorum colonies exhibited similar PTX-concentrations like the palytoxin, which has been detected in zoanthid species of the genus Palythoa sp. These crabs eat zoanthaires effectively, but it is unclear whether they constitute their food source.
Here is another pic. Maybe we could have LeslieH look at it, as the second image is one of hers and she vsits this forum
http://atlas.drpez.org/album263
http://www.todofauna.com/foros/showthread.php?p=23653
http://www.imagequest3d.com/cgi-bin...0&search=stereopair crab&cat=all&tt=&bool=and
http://www.nhm.org/guana/bvi-invt/bvi-surv/images/crab-i06/02037.htm
