Blndbunny
Active Member
I had suspected a crab had hitchhiked it's way it to my tank. I had seen what I suspected were legs once and about half a crab once before it retreated.
I am really hoping that what I found tonight was an actual body and not just a molt. Everything was fully intact and there was no visible split, and no signs of life. My husband decided to break open the abdomen to see. When he split it it looked like the inside of a crab body when you have crab dinner.
The crab was white and hair with brown splotches on the body, the legs were banded. It had some time of feathery looking filter something just below the eyes. I wish I had gotten a photo before he flushed the remains. My best guess is that it was some type of gorilla crab.
Please oh please let it actually be dead and not a molt
I am really hoping that what I found tonight was an actual body and not just a molt. Everything was fully intact and there was no visible split, and no signs of life. My husband decided to break open the abdomen to see. When he split it it looked like the inside of a crab body when you have crab dinner.
The crab was white and hair with brown splotches on the body, the legs were banded. It had some time of feathery looking filter something just below the eyes. I wish I had gotten a photo before he flushed the remains. My best guess is that it was some type of gorilla crab.
Please oh please let it actually be dead and not a molt