ID help with 2 crabs...

[thebkramer]

I tried to get ID's on these 2 a few months back but they were too small and photos were not clear enough. I hope these are better

The first is a porcelein crab of some sort.. that I know.. but can't find a true name for him. When looking up proceleins.. I only find the white anemone and a blue one. Seen many pics of different ones.. but haven't found a match with a name...

Will he like my BTA if he finds it?

The 2nd is a hermit crab that has been a total mystery!!
If you hold CTRL and + it will give you a close up..

Thanks for any input!!

 

[geemanaz]

The Spotted Porcelain Crab is an exquisite reef safe crab. They are reef safe, peaceful, and will not harm other invertebrates or corals.

The Hawaiian Zebra Hermit is an algae eater and found along the rocky shorelines of Hawaii.

i cant tell what kind it is

 

[Mustang Boy]

your porcelain is from the caribean and wont host anemones but is a great addition to any reef tank

 

[thebkramer]

Thanks for the replies
I knew it might be to good to be true about the porcelain!! lol

I knew that the one hermit is a zebra

My main curiousity is about the mysterious red/pick/tan with blue eyed hermit!!! Its so weird looking!!
I'm hoping LeslieH will be able to identify

 

[thebkramer]

Could the hermit crab possibly be a Pagurus birtimanus??
Thanks!

 

[BEASTIEPENDENT]

Hi there

The procelain crab should be Petrolisthes galathinus or a morph or species out of the P. galathinus complex which includes also P. rosariensis, caribensis (with two color morphs itself), columbiensis, sanmartini and bolivarensis.

The bright hermit crab might be a Pagurus but it is hard to say from these pictures.

 

[thebkramer]

Thanks for reply

I don't know if pressing CTRL and + over pic would help.. it zooms in on the pic

 

[BEASTIEPENDENT]

Hm, the only pic I can find is here: http://users.skynet.be/fa311324/article/hermit.htm – and that it is not. It's very alike and strengthens our guess of the genus Pagurus, but it is not the species which is titled P. birtimanus there as far as I can see. But I don't know if this species really is valid – I'm no expert in hermits.

 

[donya]

Looks somewhat similar to some Paguristes I've seen...but from the photos though it is hard to see if the arms are different or more-or-less the same in build so I wouldn't even call that a proper guess yet. Do you have any other pictures that are more clear, particularly for the arms? Any info on collection location?

Hm, the only pic I can find is here: http://users.skynet.be/fa311324/article/hermit.htm – and that it is not. It's very alike and strengthens our guess of the genus Pagurus, but it is not the species which is titled P. birtimanus there as far as I can see. But I don't know if this species really is valid – I'm no expert in hermits.

This resource also has a picture of Clibanarius vittatus labeled as Phimochirus holthuisi. Not being familiar with many of the species that page shows, I have to wonder how many other mistakes are present.

 

[BEASTIEPENDENT]

I was skeptical about this site too (but it was the only pic, so if it is ID'd correctly…).