Hitchhiker Crab ID

jgranata13

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I bought some shells for my hermit crabs, and put them into my quarantine tank for a couple days to make sure nothing nasty crawled out. The only hitchhiker seems to be this little crab. I've looked at everything that I can find to do with hitch hiking crabs, but I can't seem to get an ID. It's about half a centimetre across and uniform in colour with two tiny black eyes. Any ideas?
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Are it legs hairy? Can't really see an up close shot of it! Crabs are funny as some times they don't pose a problem, whereas other times they cause problems with corals, other inverts and corals. If your unsure, it is better to remove it sooner than later!
 
It doesn't appear to have any hair. Here are some more pictures:
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They have a lot more detail on my phone (you can zoom in quite a bit without losing quality) - they seems to lose quality in the upload. What method would you recommend to link pics that don't lose quality?
 
Grow it out

Grow it out

its in your qt right, I say grow it out till you can get an id, but just cause it sounds like fun lol
 
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