Hitchhiker ID Please

Guacamole · 08/25/2006, 11:20 AM

I Hope there is enough detail to identify this little guy. I was very surprised to see it walking around my rock once the lights went out =) Thanks for any help

same guy, different angle (from the front i believe)

Thanks!!

Guacomole

Sk8r · 08/25/2006, 11:45 AM

That looks uncomfortably like a sea spider. Check out the ID list in the newbie forum.

jpslickorocks · 08/25/2006, 12:26 PM

wierdthe first pic is too blurry to tell the second looks like a shrimp head lol. Can you get it out and take a better pic? If you are unsure you should get it out anyway

Travis L. Stevens · 08/25/2006, 01:33 PM

It almost looks like a Saron Shrimp, but I would definitely get him out of there and take really good pictures.

Guacamole · 08/25/2006, 02:19 PM

Yes it is very strange indeed, it does have what looks like a shrimp head, but its body is laid out, and walks more like a crab. To be honest i am totally freaked out to even put my hand in the tank LMAO!. ill attempt to get more pics for you guys. Thanks for the responses.

~Guac

Henry22 · 08/25/2006, 02:50 PM

I was think arrow crab, Which most consider not reef safe, whatever it is, get it out of there

Guacamole · 08/25/2006, 05:16 PM

Im thinking arrow crab but, I an still a bit of a newb. Here are a few better pics (IMO) thanks again all

Guac

Guacamole · 08/25/2006, 05:22 PM

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Salamander · 08/25/2006, 06:11 PM

Catch it and sell it to the LFS as a rare species of a Polynesian of crab.

ACBlinky · 08/25/2006, 06:24 PM

*shudder* not sure what it is, but it does NOT look reef-safe. I believe sea spiders have 8 legs, this appears to have 10. I'd guess it's some kind of crab, it might be a good idea to post the pics in the invert forum and see if one of the experts there can ID it.

KDodds · 08/25/2006, 06:32 PM

Looks like a small specimen of one of the "spider decorator crab" species to me.

jasonm311 · 08/26/2006, 09:58 AM

Looks like an arrow crab to me too.

Guacamole · 08/26/2006, 04:13 PM

KDodds you are a friggen genius (IMO) lol, i am almost certain it is a "Naxioides" crab. when i did a seach on the decorator crab, i found this lil bugger. THere is even a littel peice of what looks like macro algae connected to one of its antenae (SP). Thansk for all the help, no i just need to figgure out if it can stay in th ol' tank.

Guac

08/25/2006, 11:20 AM	#1
Guacamole Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 159	Hitchhiker ID Please I Hope there is enough detail to identify this little guy. I was very surprised to see it walking around my rock once the lights went out =) Thanks for any help same guy, different angle (from the front i believe) Thanks!! Guacomole

08/25/2006, 11:45 AM	#2
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	That looks uncomfortably like a sea spider. Check out the ID list in the newbie forum. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

08/25/2006, 12:26 PM	#3
jpslickorocks Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Scottsdale, Az. Posts: 2,164	wierdthe first pic is too blurry to tell the second looks like a shrimp head lol. Can you get it out and take a better pic? If you are unsure you should get it out anyway __________________ We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us. Current Tank Info: I do at least five water changes a day

08/25/2006, 01:33 PM	#4
Travis L. Stevens Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Perry, OK Posts: 13,946	It almost looks like a Saron Shrimp, but I would definitely get him out of there and take really good pictures. __________________ Travis Stevens Current Tank Info: Restarting 28g Bowfront

08/25/2006, 02:50 PM	#6
Henry22 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 712	I was think arrow crab, Which most consider not reef safe, whatever it is, get it out of there __________________ 15 Gallon Tall Reef w/ a lonely orange spotted watchman goby Current Tank Info: 15 gallon Tall Reef

08/25/2006, 02:19 PM	#5
Guacamole Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 159	Yes it is very strange indeed, it does have what looks like a shrimp head, but its body is laid out, and walks more like a crab. To be honest i am totally freaked out to even put my hand in the tank LMAO!. ill attempt to get more pics for you guys. Thanks for the responses. ~Guac

08/25/2006, 05:16 PM	#7
Guacamole Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 159	more pics Im thinking arrow crab but, I an still a bit of a newb. Here are a few better pics (IMO) thanks again all Guac

08/25/2006, 05:22 PM	#8
Guacamole Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 159	more pics Edit

08/25/2006, 06:11 PM	#9
Salamander Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Flagstaff, Arizona Posts: 2,103	Catch it and sell it to the LFS as a rare species of a Polynesian of crab. __________________ I feel more like myself now than I did before. Current Tank Info: 120g mixed reef, 2 x 250W DE MH, 2 x 54w T5, MSX 200 SKimmer, 2 Koralia 4's, 40g fuge/sump, QT

08/25/2006, 06:24 PM	#10
ACBlinky Premium Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada Posts: 4,954 Blog Entries: 20	shudder not sure what it is, but it does NOT look reef-safe. I believe sea spiders have 8 legs, this appears to have 10. I'd guess it's some kind of crab, it might be a good idea to post the pics in the invert forum and see if one of the experts there can ID it. __________________ "The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea." - Isak Dinesen Current Tank Info: 150g mixed reef, 30g sump/refugium, LED lighting, 100lbs LR, coral beauty, flame angel, blue & yellow tangs, gobies, damsels, 6-line wrasse, lawnmower blenny, dottyback, clown pair, rabbitfish, shrimp, crabs, CUC.

08/25/2006, 06:32 PM	#11
KDodds Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Suffern, NY Posts: 2,731	Looks like a small specimen of one of the "spider decorator crab" species to me. __________________ The sum of my knowledge is great, the sum of my ignorance greater still Kieron Dodds Administrator Inside Aquatics Current Tank Info: 450 Reef/180 FOWLR/125 ARLC/40 Seahorse/12 Planted/12 Planted

08/26/2006, 09:58 AM	#12
jasonm311 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Wichita,Kansas Posts: 58	Looks like an arrow crab to me too.

08/26/2006, 04:13 PM	#13
Guacamole Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 159	KDodds you are a friggen genius (IMO) lol, i am almost certain it is a "Naxioides" crab. when i did a seach on the decorator crab, i found this lil bugger. THere is even a littel peice of what looks like macro algae connected to one of its antenae (SP). Thansk for all the help, no i just need to figgure out if it can stay in th ol' tank. Guac Last edited by Guacamole; 08/26/2006 at 04:37 PM.