pink crab

[blaked]

I gotta pink crab. Survied the heat wave. Has a protruding nose,
And looks like pimk sponge on him.  Any ideas on species?

 

[yveterinarian]

I don't know, but it looks like an Arrow crab with a pink sponge on it.

 

[AdInfinitum]

Unless it is in an awkward pose.....Arrows (Stenorhynchus sp.) have their legs relatively uniformly radially oriented.  In the pic, rear legs are more laterally oriented.  I would lean toward one of the spider decorators (pycnogonid sp. ++ thousands of species) See Krazykarl's WTF thread this page (one of his earlier cases of crabs... ) for a shorter limb member of the group.  Not as nasty a predator as Arrows become but an opportunistic carnivore all the same if not kept well fed.... 

 

[blaked]

Yeas i was leaning toward a spider crab. Probascus something ...
Anyway i got him free in a bag n he was alot smaller but still pink.
I dont have pink sponge anywear in my tank.  Just blue n beige..