what type of hermit?

[Radcat]

This is not my picture but he looks just like this. Got him when I ordered some scarlets. His has a big claw so I put him in the sump. Is he agressive and will he get very big?

 

[Radcat]

Any ideas?

 

[bill-fit]

I have several of this type. Thay are zebras from hawai. I have scarlets,blues,and
zebras. The zebras are the most aggresive. Mine maxed out at 1". The zebras are always the victors in the hermit crab wars. Often I will watch a zebra kill a blut or a scarlet for there shell, try on the new shell and decide that his or her old shell was better .
I like the blues the best.

 

[Radcat]

Are you sure it's a zebra? I haven't seen any that look like this. Plus this guy has a very big claw that the zebras I have seen don't have.

 

[sirbooks]

I'm really not sure what you have there. The zebra hermits typically seen for sale are a Calcinus species, like C. laevimanus or C. seurati. The site I use to identify hermits didn't have any matches, so I'm stumped. If you'd like to check yourself, here's the address: http://www.recif.be/article/hermit.htm

Do you have any idea where it originally came from?

 

[bill-fit]

Just got back. Your second question got me to take a closer look at my zebras which are rapidly becoming the only hermits in the tank. I went to the crab identification site that sirbooks gave us and found the matching picture of mine,
Calcinus Seurati .
Yours does look different the stripes on the legs are different and the smaller claw is way smaller.

 

[Radcat]

It came in with some Haitian live rock.

 

[Radcat]

Anybody have any other ideas? I haven't been able to find anything on it.

 

[MinibowMatt]

Zebra Hermits are Left handed. This guy is right handed.
Look into Mexican Hermits. I had one that looked like him. Came from Baja, it was semi-reef safe, but did attack snails. I ended up removing him cause he was getting too big and knocking things over.