This crab poisonous for my mantis?

[Feclar]

Not sure what it is

It is 1/3rd the size of my mantis with no claws

Because of the bright coloring I am hesitant to put it with the mantis
Pretty often Bright colors = potentially dangerous

<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Xs2JUA21y_KKWps07PeKjA?authkey=uT1ij7HfLIc"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/pattho/SQUh4yFdwcI/AAAAAAAAADE/DRys2sRxtqI/s800/IMG00018.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/pattho/Tank?authkey=uT1ij7HfLIc">tank</a></td></tr></table>

<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bZPpfg7TAiSvLevFdevguw?authkey=uT1ij7HfLIc"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/pattho/SQUh61xJ8xI/AAAAAAAAADQ/GiuNZfJlSH0/s800/IMG00019.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/pattho/Tank?authkey=uT1ij7HfLIc">tank</a></td></tr></table>

 

[charlesr1958]

Hard to say given the photos which family the crab belongs to. But regardless, I would not be concerned about the mantis shrimp as the crab is more likely to be in danger from the mantis shrimp. Also, generaly speaking it is only soft bodied inverterbrates (nudibranch, sea apples and such) that pose a risk of toxins and not crabs.

Chuck

 

[Tennyson]

That looks like a fiddler crab maybe?

 

[KUDA]

That crab is too nice to feed to a mantis. Find an ugly brown crab to feed him.

 

[cmlloveless]

I would almost be certain that this is a type of fiddler! If this is true it will need land as well! I have been seeing quite a few of these popping up! They do not spend their lives under water usually! Most time is spent above water!

 

[TrappedMetal]

Its food for a mantis is what it is
All crabs are poisonous, if you eat the lungs