need id on this cool crab

[kirkland]

 

[nova62]

at the lfs i worked at we got some of those in once if i rember right i think they were called flower crabs.they pretty cool they use ther paddles to swim.

 

[nova62]

i think it might be in the same family as this one called the swimming crab.

http://www.britannica.com/ebc/art-9685/Common-swimming-crab-showing-its-paddle-shaped-feet

 

[LeslieH]

Close but a different family Matutidae. They both have the enlarged feet on the 5th pair of legs. The species is Ashtoret lunaris. You can find some information here http://budak.blogs.com/the_annotated_budak/2007/07/moon-crab.html

They eat small molluscs, other crabs, and various small organisms.

 

[nova62]

sweet now i know what to tell people when they come in asking about them