Looks like a little spider crab...

[comex]

Thanks everyone for the quick identification of my last posting. I'm a novice just about everywhere in the world.

This is apparently a spider-like crab sitting under a rock off Key Largo. The body doesn't look big enough for a spider crab, but I'm a poor judge of these things. It was about 12" tip to tip.

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[Rick Murchison]

Yellow Lined Arrow Crab
Rick

 

[archman]

Don't put them in aquariums... they sneak up on sleeping fish and eat them.

 

[SubMariner]

Yellow Lined Arrow Crab

And a nice pic, to boot.

 

[comex]

And for the compliment on the picture. I finally gave up my Reefmaster film camera and got an Oly 5050 with PT-015 housing. This was shot with the internal flash, but I'm considering my options for an external strobe as I write this.

Kile

 

[SubMariner]

And for the compliment on the picture. I finally gave up my Reefmaster film camera and got an Oly 5050 with PT-015 housing. This was shot with the internal flash, but I'm considering my options for an external strobe as I write this.

Kile

Good move. And good luck. They are EXPENSIVE, but worth it.