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Crab Identification 1,
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SW Crab ID 5,
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SW Crab ID 8,
SW Crab ID 9,
Marine Crab ID 10,
Marine Crab ID 11,
Marine Crab ID 12,
SW Crab ID 13,
SW Crab ID 14, SW Crab ID 15, &
Crab Behavior,
Marine Crab Selection,
Marine Crab Compatibility,
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Marine Crab Reproduction, Marine
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Micro-Crustaceans,
Amphipods,
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Mysids,
Hermit
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Banded
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Mantis Shrimp,
Anemone Eating Shrimp, Arrow Crabs, Emerald
Green, Mithrax/Mithraculus Crabs,
Crustacean Identification,
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Behavior,
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Crustacean Systems,
Crustacean Feeding,
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Algae Control, Nutrient
Control and Export,
/A Diversity of Aquatic Life
Crabs For Marine Aquariums?
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Bob Fenner |
Boxing... Lybia |
Family Majidae; the Spider or Decorator Crabs
(includes Mithrax Crabs)
| Achaeus japonicus Haan 1839, the Orangutan Crab.
Bodies have long processes that the crab attaches algae et al. for
camouflage/protection. Usually found in association with cnidarians:
Plerogyra, Dendronephthya, Parazoanthus... N. Sulawesi pix on Bubble and
Euphyllia Corals. |
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table are linked to large (desktop size) copies. Click on "framed"
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| Composcia retusa. Decorator crab. Indo-Pacific; Red
Sea to Japan. N. Sulawesi (Lembeh Strait) pic. To 4 cm. carapace width.
Stick hydroids, sponges, algae on their shells. |
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| Unknown Cyclocoeloma sp. On a sea whip in N.
Sulawesi... Bizarre looking. |
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| Hoplophrys oatesii. Bodies laced with pink and white
lines to match their host soft corals of the genus Dendronephthya.
Indonesia. N. Sulawesi pix. |
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| Huenia heraldica Haan 1837, the Arrowhead or Caulerpa
Crab. Indo-Central Pacific; South Africa, India, Australia, Indonesia to
Hawai'i. Here carrying a big of algae in N. Sulawesi. |
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| Hyastenus bispinosus Buitendijk 1939. Indonesia and
Fiji. Small decorator crab, usually utilizing hydroids and detritus for
camouflage. N. Sulawesi pix. |
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| Loxorhynchus grandis Stimpson 1857, the California
Sheep Crab. West coast North America. A cool to coldwater animal. This one
at the Birch Aquarium is about a foot across. |
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Genus Mithrax/Mithraculus:
| Banded Clinging Crab, Mithrax cinctimanus in
residence in a Condylactis gigantea
that its commensal with. Cozumel pix. |
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| Mithrax forceps, Red-Ridged Clinging Crab. Family
Majidae. Tropical west Atlantic. 1/2-1". Here clinging to a piling at night
off Bonaire. |
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| Mithrax sculptus, the Green/Emerald Crab. Tropical
West Atlantic. A noted eater of algae (even Valonia), but can turn
into a fish eater... some references state to 2.5 others to a maximum of
four inches carapace width. Now in its own genus Mithraculus. Family
Majidae. |
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| Mithrax spinosissimus, the Chanel Clinging Crab (aka
King Crab, Coral Crab, Spiny Spider Crab). Tropical West Atlantic.
Body/Carapace width to 7 inches. Largest TWA crab. Smooth claws of purplish
gray color with blunt tips. Hide during the day, forage by night. Cozumel
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| Schizophrys dama, Decorator (Sponge) Crabs. Many
other species called, sold by this name. |
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| Schizophrys aspera (H. Milne Edwards 1834). Prominent
spines on carapace and first two segments of chelipeds. Reddish to brown
overall color. To 15 cm. Indo-Mid-Pacific; East Africa to Hawai'i. N.
Sulawesi pix. |
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| Xenocarcinus conicus (H. Milne Edwards 1934).
Elongated, triangular body. Variable color; silver, red... Found on
hydroids, gorgonians, black corals. Western Pacific; Australia, New Guinea,
Japan. N. Sulawesi pix. |
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| Xenocarcinus tuberculatus N. Sulawesi (Lembeh Strait)
pix. "Xeno Crab". Indo West Pacific; South Africa to Japan. Most always
found on whip corals. To 1.5 cm. |
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