I bought a weird emerald crab!!

critter6715

critter6715

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When I bought this crab at my LFS they told me it was an emerald. It is stripped like a coral banded srimp, but looks like an emerald crab. i have had this crab for six months now - he has been existing alongside of live rock. I just got my first anemone two days ago and this crab loves it can't seem to get him to leave it alone. I have looked all over the web at anemone crabs and none of them look anything like my crab. I have a pic of it at the bottom of my anemone with the crab. The crab dosen't seem to hurt it and it doesn't seem to mind him. I also have to farm raised black oscelaris clowns in the tank - they have been in the tank as long as the crab has. They don't seem to go near the anemone. I know that anemone crabs can get territorial. Should I be worried about my fish and or the anemone?


 
mr. limpid

mr. limpid

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that isn't an emerald crab, emeralds are not fuzzy and it looks like it has pointed claws (bad). If you have a sump I put him in there until you find out if it good or bad.
 
critter6715

critter6715

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I know it isn't an emerald crab. whrn I bought it I was told that it was. At that time, we didn't have anything in the tank but live rock, so it didn't matter as much. Now, it seems to be very compatiable with our bubbletip anemone - the anemone is doing really well with it and they stay side-by-side throughout the day, otherwise the crab is inside of the anemone.
What I'm looking for is someone who recognizes this crab and can identify. We have researched w/no luck.
 
slice

slice

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286 page pdf file...your crab gotta be in there somewhere:
http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf
Touted as

EVERY CRAB IN THE WORLD IN A BOOK!
 
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