Crabby Hitchhiker Evicted

[Fountainhead]

I saw this guy peeking out of a hole in a rock. As the rock was easy to get to and not too large, I pulled it out and served him his papers. The eight hairly legs says "gorilla crab" to me. If he's really a nice guy, I'll put him back, but I thinks he's a nasty one.

Now if I could just get those two huge Mantis out...

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[shanekennedy]

he's a mithrax crab ( a red emerald crab )
mainly eats algae
can disturb corals

 

[PRC]

Yep, it's a mithrax but I wouldn't put it back if you've gotten it out. I have several and they're mostly well behaved algae eaters, but they can definitely annoy your corals occasionally.

 

[akula]

generally the "hairy" issue goes like this, hiary main body (and hairy legs)= gorilla crab but hairy legs with non hairy main body=emerald.