ID just pulled from tank

[memole]

Well I think I might have cuaght my star fish killer(sandshifting) I couldn't get a good picture of him before but know that he is out and I got a good picture can any body id this sucker????? poeple here thought by the way I discribed him he is a fish killer. but let me know what you guys like it is. thanks

 

[shawnts106]

its a crab.... LOL just kidding,,, well yeah its a crab a murdering crab! I have no idea what kind.. but if hes eatting your verts then throw him in with some puffers!!! lol... or just kill him with a rock! GOOD LUCK!

 

[spline9]

Its definately a killer. Gorilla crab maybe?

 

[viet-tin]

Thats a gorilla crab alright

 

[ophiura]

I haven't been around in awhile so am not sure if you posted something on your star. But sandsifter stars quite regularly die(if not usually die), of starvation, about 9-12 months after getting them. They eat all the lovely critters in a sand bed and then slowly starve. After awhile, they start to disintegrate, starting at the tips of the arms. It would not surprise me if the crab started munching then. Anyway, this is a definite possibility when it comes to sandsifter stars...though that doesn't look like the nicest crab either

 

[lovethesea]

:scared: OMG!! That is one of the scariest things I have ever seen. He even looks like a murderer!
What did you do with him? Dinner?

 

[memole]

Well my star was doing great then one day a leg was gone. then about 4 days later the other leg was gone... then a week later he was gone

the crab was in a glass in water (only about an inch) for about 9 hours and still was alive...like nothing bothered him at all.... I then threw him outside in my back yard.... haven't seen him since
well thanks for the ids....
Chris

 

[ophiura]

This distintegration is very consistent with starvation of the star. They give no other signs of trouble until they just start losing large parts of their body and just disappear.