Please help me ID this...

I think its a Trochus snail... ;)

Do you know where it was collected - as in what ocean/depth/etc.?

I do not know for certain, but it appears to be a small/baby reef lobster. Most lobsters are scavengers, and will of course make a home in your substrate. They can be very temperamental with their own kind and will show aggression and possibly kill another if they are not paired already. If there is enough food, most will be content with scavenging - if not, they will go find their food (attached or otherwise to a burrowing fish, snail, etc.)

So to answer your questions:
"Is it reef safe?" This depends on your reef. Do you have a lot of burrowing livestock or other small fish/snails/food that it would want to taste? They should be peaceful enough if they have food they can scavenge.

"Should you get the other one?" If they were paired, you have a small window of time before the 'pairing' is lost and they will treat each other with hostility. This is even more of a problem should one become established in your tank and makes a home. Most of the time I find that through the collection process, any real pairs of inverts are no longer paired by the time it reaches the LFS, so I personally would not recommend adding another.

Hope this helps!
 
this is called a mantis shrimp aka "thumb splitters". but it's not shrimp at all.
it's coral safe but it will eat about everything else in the aquarium, be very very cautious when handling this shrimp, it's know for having the most powerful claws of all inverts and it's equal to .22 caliber bullet, it will easily break you finger and there was a rumor that it was responsible for breaking a 1/4" glass aquarium,
 
Not a mantis. It definately looks like a lobster as mike said, although a scientific name and what type of lobster it is is going to require some serious research. It should be fine as long as there is enough food for it, and it doesn't get too big. Although i guess if it does get too big, you can have a very nice meal.
 
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