"Bella" arrives...and she was hungry!

[Rob_Zamites]

Bella (a G. graphurus) arrived today from Stomatopod.com, packaged perfectly! She was cranky from her trip from NC, and let me know by thumping the bag while temp acclimating.
30 minutes of drip acclimation, and I turned her loose in her new paradise. I was alarmed at first, as when she hit the rocks, curled in a ball, she just seemed to drift off the back. The second concern was that the "Zombie Crew" (Nassarius snails) arose from their substratum tombs to sniff for the source of death in the water.
I needn't have worried. It was Bella, pounding the bejesus out of a tiny hermit. A minute later, OM NOM NOM! She's made herself quite at home, and I hear frequent "click" "click" from the rocks now -- I think she's redecorating the house :rollface:

 

[Rob_Zamites]

And here she is, doing a most impressive meral spread!

 

[Gonodactylus]

Are you sure it is G. graphurus? Typically the material that comes in from Indonesia is G. glabrous.

Roy

 

[Rob_Zamites]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13131238#post13131238 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Gonodactylus
Are you sure it is G. graphurus? Typically the material that comes in from Indonesia is G. glabrous.

Roy

She was sold to me as such by the crew at stomatopod.com. Any differential ID I can look for?

 

[TrappedMetal]

Look for this:

From Roys site, obviously!

 

[Gonodactylus]

The median carinule present on G. graphurus and not G. glabrous is the most obvious character, but G. graphurus also has a "crease" on each abdomenal plurite (each segment on the side of the abdomen.)

These two species are remarkably close. Both live in coastal rather than open reef habitats.

Roy