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coling
08-03-05, 18:08
Can anyone ID this (dead) crab. It's the only time I've been able to get a close up pic.
elliot
08-03-05, 19:54
Some sort of hermit crab.. ... almost certainly a molt!


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jayE
08-03-05, 19:55
that dont look like a dead crab,maybe a dead hermit or the skin of a sheading hermit?have you any blue legs?
coling
08-03-05, 20:40
Sorry, maybe I wasn't too clear.

It is a hermit crab, but what type. I have about 10 of them, no other type. The claws are red.

The reason i didn't think it was a molt is because if you look at about 2'0 clock in the pic there looks to be flesh.

Anyway, it's the type of hermit I'm after - was bought as red leg!
elliot
09-03-05, 09:34
Yeah its quite common to see different morphs.. I had one identical to yours... no idea on name...

When they molt they look fleshy!

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katsura
09-03-05, 10:03
Very difficult to ID with that picture, do you have a clearer one? Especially showing it's craw and eye stalk?

It looks like a molt to me :) If you have good calcium + iodine level in your tank, hermit molts look fleshy (good).

From the patter, here's my few guesses:

Most likely Clibanarius tricolor
http://www.poe-poe.com/DSC0145612.jpg

or... Clibanarius corallinus?
http://www.poe-poe.com/DSC017552.jpg

Unlikely candidates, but just in case... If you DO have any one of these, would you be interested in sell or trade? as I'm a huge hermit fan (not their attitudfe mind you...)

Calcinus argus
http://www.poe-poe.com/DSC025003.jpg

Clibanarius sp?
http://www.poe-poe.com/DSC0313412.jpg
Manta
09-03-05, 19:03
Looks a lot like Dardanus megistos - how big is it? If I'm right that's gonna be a mother of a crab :thumbsup:
coling
09-03-05, 23:16
Just normal Hermit size, got about 10 of them.

That's the best pic I've been able to get in ages. The claws are red and the antenna is red aswell. The rest is sort of red with lots of blue spots on.
PeterJ
10-03-05, 13:29
Calcinus argus (3rd crb in photos above)

Common name anybody?
katsura
10-03-05, 15:20
Not that I know of.. never see these int eh UK at all.

UK importers are useless when it comes to nice inverts that's not bread and butter.
coling
10-03-05, 18:02
I bought them online as red legs.
coling
10-03-05, 18:05
This might be the fella:

http://www.reefermadness.us/RMD_Clibanarius_sp.htm