crab ID

[clippo]

any ID me this specimen?

 

[luckylittleman]

Looks like a Porcelian Crab

 

[rappo]

Off topic, but how did you take such a beautiful picture? So clear and focused! What's your camera equipment?

 

[clippo]

thanks - yeah, I figured it was a porcelain - there are quite a few different porcelain crabs though....

thanks for the comment rappo - cam is a canon 350 plus Tamron 90mm macro.

 

[charlesr1958]

These links may help you pin down what you have. I should have thought to include them over at MD's forum for you.

http://www.uni-giessen.de/porcellanidae/

http://www.nhm.org/guana/bvi-invt/bvi-surv/anom-g02.htm

http://www.daveharasti.com/articles/speciesspotlight/porcelaincrab.htm

Chuck

 

[clippo]

cheers Chuck - I had come across a couple of those pages, but the first one is new and very useful. The one in my pic looks similar to the edwardsii specimens to me. The other one I posted on MD looks like it might be a galatinus. This confused me because on wetwebmedia they have galatinus listed with the common name of 'shame-faced crab' (which I believe are actually Calappa sp.)! Thanks again!

 

[klyons]

Im with Rappo. VERY NICE PIC. I have a Sony DSC-W1 and cant seem to get a pic that comes close to that in the tank. Think I need to get a new cam!

 

[Grunt]

Calappa gallus was my favorite crab! His moltings always threw me off though, tricky devil.