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Chelsy24
05/09/2006, 06:08 AM
Need help agian....I have recently seen a black worm with yellow strip coming out of my rock.What is it and is it safe to my tank? Also if anyone knows about a crab that is whitw with orange spots and black front claws. Thanks!
compulou
05/09/2006, 06:51 AM
The worm sounds like a Peanut worm. If it is nothing to worry about.
LaloV.
05/09/2006, 09:09 AM
Black pincers??? than is a xenid crab, opportunistic. So put it in the sump.
Travis L. Stevens
05/09/2006, 10:04 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7331894#post7331894 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by LaloV.
Black pincers??? than is a xenid crab, opportunistic. So put it in the sump.

Not necessarily. The body shape is what determines what family of crab they belong to. Xanthid have an almost pentagonal shell. Look at the shell of this picture.

http://www.dafni.com/crustacea/Platypodia%20cf%20granulosa.jpg