Caught this little fellow hiding out on one of the reefs in Bonaire last week. However, I am having little success IDing him. No luck with Humann, etc.
Help?!
~SubMariner~
Help?!
~SubMariner~
Name This Crab???
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Let's make it just a tad smaller and clearer....
OP
Excuse me, but he's an Sam if I ever saw one. ut:
~SubMariner~
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Shadow
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How do you know he's a he? Could be a she! Or else you guys are seeing something I'm missing in the photo....
I think a good species name would be "jewelled crab"...
I think a good species name would be "jewelled crab"...
~Sub~...it could be a Thorny Mud Crab. Page 209 in Humann's Reef Creatures, 3rd Edition. This one is small...1/2" to 3/4" and you's looks about that size.
Look it up and see what you think....
Look it up and see what you think....
OP
Okay, I admit it. I only have the 2nd Edition print books for PH and the CD says copyright 1997. :embarr:
Guess it's time to update, eh?!
~SubMariner~
Guess it's time to update, eh?!
~SubMariner~
Wish my scanner worked . Well....he is the same color with those milky white spots, reddish colored legs and about the same size. I think it's him!
. Well....he is the same color with those milky white spots, reddish colored legs and about the same size. I think it's him!
OP
Sounds good enough for me.
So let it be written. So let it be.
Thorny Mud Crab it is. Now off to the pictures to put on the name...
Thanks!
~SubMariner~
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