What kind of crab is this? <video>

[tmerlo]

My wife saw this crab in the tank tonight and I'm not sure what it is. I though it was one of the Emerald Mithrax crabs I had in there, but it looks black and I haven't seen the Emeralds since we moved a year ago.

Here's a link to a video. I don't have a pic, sorry. And also it doesn't come all the way out of the rock, just one claw when it feeds.

http://www.tmerlo.com/crab.wmv

Thanks

 

[scapes]

wish I knew how to make cool video's like that nice looking crab, don't know crab i.d. sorry

 

[petoonia]

It really looks like an emerald crab. Especially the way it is eating. Its probably in the same family.

BTW that thing is huge!!!!!

I did a little research and found this old thread. Look through all of the pics on the first page. The good ones are down at the bottom.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=551942

 

[petoonia]

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[tmerlo]

Thanks Petoonia!

It looks a lot like the one the person is holding, so I guess it is a mithrax. I just remember the ones I put in there were a LOT greener. Unless of course this is a hitch hiker. I did get a mushroom coral recently, so it must have come in on that.

 

[clutch]

its a rock crab i do believe grows very big yes mithrax, Thay get very distructive. I had a few of them in my marshall rock. He might still be in the sump but was about 2 inchs always picked at the rocks but always knocked over coral too.... i would pull him

 

[clutch]

I did a have a pick of mine

 

[vtrider]

get it out,my lfs has 2 of those in in its rreef tank. I've seen it picking at zoos and other softies. They cant get it out