is this a crab molt or dead crab?

[dzeadow]

I posted this in the new to the hobby forum, but I thought I'd check w/ some experts to see what you all thought.. am I ever going to see it again?

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1258612

 

[Echidna09]

I say molt

 

[Purple Penguins]

the way the backend is open i would have to say its a molt

 

[dzeadow]

Sorry, I forgot to update this thread, there's a pic at the bottom of the thread linked above, but I found him hiding very tightly in a rock, so it's definitely a molt and he's still very much alive! Thanks everyone.