What kind of Crab am I?

[Chad_Ordelheide]

Hello All,
I just got back from a trip to Palau. Great diving!! Anyway, I took a shot of this little crab. I KNOW it's not a decorator like I named it but that the closed I could guess. Anyway, it may be an Orangutan Crab. Anybody have a better idea?

The Crab


Thanks,
Chad

 

[Scubakevdm]

An uncanney 'X'-Crab.

 

[Chad_Ordelheide]

An uncanney 'X'-Crab.

Sorry, I can't figure out how to post the picture in the post! Anyway, theres the link

 

[Scubakevdm]

Hey! You have really cool pictures! I don't know much about crabs though. Sorry.

 

[Avic7]

That a very beautiful pic, do you mind if I save it onto my harddrive and use it as my desktop?

 

[Vie]

Looks like an Achaeus japonicus (a type of spider crab).

 

[LeslieH]

Most of the guide books have this as Achaeus japonicus but it's not. If you check some of the japanese books it's correctly listed as an unidentified species of Oncinopus.

 

[Chad_Ordelheide]

That a very beautiful pic, do you mind if I save it onto my harddrive and use it as my desktop?

Thanks, feel free to download it and put it on your desktop.

Does anybody know the Common Name?

 

[LeslieH]

It is an orangutan crab as you originally guessed.