Crab ID please

[dirk_brijs]

can someone ID this crab before I put it in the DT
have it currently in the fuge.
found them at the beach.

 

[LeslieH]

Hi Dirk -- From the square shape & the position of the eyes it might be a grapsid. A lot of grapsids are algae pickers, predators on smaller or similiar-sized crustaceans & other inverts, and scavengers. Around here - California - they're very common in the intertidal, constantly picking at edible bits on the rocks.

If you keep the crab completely submerged when you photograph it the pictures will show more detail.

 

[BEASTIEPENDENT]

Hi Dirk,

yes, I tend to a grapsid either, probably Pachygrapsus. It might be a Metopograpsus either. Can You shot some more detailed pictures mabe? You found it at Pattaya?