Help ID this crab..mithrax??

Husky_1

Premium Member
Hey all,
I have a hitchhiker on my rocks which I caught today. I do not have a refuge, so I either need to keep him in the tank, give him away or kill him.

Unfortunately the wife has the camera at work so I cannot take a picture, but the users fade32 posted the picture below in another thread and it looks like the leg on my crab.

Other than that he is red, the body is smooth, 4 pairs of legs and 2 claw (legs). The non claw legs are hairy, and his body shape is sided, kind of like a diamond with the sharp tip cutoff: Very similar to the other mithrax that I have seen.

Please let me know what you think he is, he is currently in a water filled plastic bag in my tank, awaiting his fate.

If he is a mithrax, I will probably keep him and make sure he is fed, if not he is going to a buddies refuge or the ocean.

Thanks
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