Help identyfiyng mystery crab

[God of thunder]

Hi there.

I didn´t know where to post this so here goes.
Last night i spotted a crab in my LR. I´ve never seen it before, it was about an inch in diameter, it looked nothing like a hermit, more like this.....
http://www.whoi.edu/science/B/people/lmullineaux/CrabShot.JPG

But flatter, not as tall that is.

Can you experts identify it?

 

[acrodave]

Were did you get the lr sounds like it might be a sally light foot maybe

 

[MR PALM BEACH]

look like any of these, hope not!
http://www.tbsaltwater.com/thepackage/watchout.html

 

[ADM]

Looks like an emerald crab. Good crab!

 

[BCreefmaker]

it looks like a fiddler crab w/o the one big claw.

 

[omacphe]

I found this site helpful.

http://home2.pacific.net.ph/~sweetyummy42/hitchcrabs.html

Cheers,

Owen

 

[tmz]

The picture looks like an emerald but my rule of thumb is if I don't know what it is take it out especially a crab as they are in general quite predatory.

 

[God of thunder]

I´l try getting it out later and identify him for sure.

 

[God of thunder]

i´m almost sure that it´s either one of those....

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/reefs/guamimg/crustacea/xanthidae/Pages/Image1.html
Or
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/reefs/guamimg/crustacea/xanthidae/Pages/Image41.html

Anyone had those?

 

[God of thunder]

Might also be that one...

http://home2.pacific.net.ph/~sweetyummy42/xanthid1.jpg

 

[God of thunder]

bump

 

[God of thunder]

bump

 

[God of thunder]

Can some one please help me identifying this crab, an possible have a solution how to capture it?

 

[NirvanaFan]

crabs are extremely hard to ID for certain. If in doubt, most people cast them to the sump or give/trade them away. You can go here to try to ID it for yourself.
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/swcrabidfaqs.htm

 

[God of thunder]

thanks, but there is no way for me to catch that crab, he hides in my LR and i barely see him

 

[NirvanaFan]

I had one that hid under a platygyra coral that I had for months. Every night before I went to bed I checked to see if the crab was out from under the coral. One night out of the few months I had it he was out. I jumped on it and banished him to the sump. Just keep an eye out. One night he might be in the open for you. You can try searching online for crab/worm traps. The bottle one might work if you know where he likes to hang out.

 

[God of thunder]

He hides in a cave, i supose i could kill him with a sharp stick, he´s located that way. but that will be a last resort !

 

[Owen28GT]

It wouldn't happen to be this would it?

 

[God of thunder]

No, he´s black with hairy feet, it also has redish eyes, very creepy crawler indeed.

 

[dileggi]

I'm not sure from the pic's, but from what I've read, any crab with hairy anything is a no-no for the reef because of what it eats. I'm not sure how true that is, but I've read that more than once.