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tibbs2
04/12/2006, 03:57 PM
My LFS has 4 or 5 of these for sale. I googled them but didn't come up with much info besides that they live on some urchins.

Anyone know what they eat and are safe for a reef aquarium?

They are not a cryptic crab and sit right out in the open on the rocks in the LFS tank.

http://www.edge-of-reef.com/brachiuri/BRAzebrida381.jpg
The steven liu
04/12/2006, 11:10 PM
Never seen one of these before but I think it is a swimmer rather than rock dweller (last pair of feet are flat), ususally a sign of predatory crab like the blue crabs.
-TS-Vash
04/12/2006, 11:43 PM
Its a predatory crab that removes the spines of the urchin to make a living area it eats the urchins tissue and will live in tube anemones and sea apples.

My lfs just got 4 and didnt know any thing about them so i looked up the info for them.