Crab ID Help

[rshust]

Hello,

Got some live rock from Tampa Bay Saltwater and caught a bunch of crabs today. I’m pretty sure the 3 larger ones are gorilla, but what about the others? Wondering if they are reef safe or not.

Thanks!

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Hello,

Got some live rock from Tampa Bay Saltwater and caught a bunch of crabs today. I’m pretty sure the 3 larger ones are gorilla, but what about the others? Wondering if they are reef safe or not.

Thanks!

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I know they're small crabs, but do you think you could get some closer up pics of individual specimens (i.e. could you take photos of one of each crab you suspect may be a different species)? My quotes below may help.

ISpeakForTheSeas said:
Some crab ID advice: take a pic of the front like you did (mainly to show the claws - good job there - but also a little to show the face), and also take a pic of the back of the crab (take the pic from above the crab looking straight down at it - this shows the shell and back of the crab, which can both be important for ID too).

ISpeakForTheSeas said:
some top-down photos of the crab's back (including some that show the portion of the shell by the crab's back legs) may be helpful with ID

Also, welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[kjkszpj9]

this one is definetly a porcelain crab of some sort cause it has 3 leg pairs instead of 4 like other crabs. its harmless and a good addition to ur tank.
also can u post pics of them at the front and closer, would be easier to identify the other ones, except the 3 gorilla crabs u already know are gorillas.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

this one is definetly a porcelain crab of some sort cause it has 3 leg pairs instead of 4 like other crabs. its harmless and a good addition to ur tank.

Agreed - this one looks like it may be the Green Porcelain Crab, Petrolisthes armatus.