Two new hitchers

[merlinsmagic]

first one up a crab...black and white stripped looked like a jumping spider. Sticking to one hole in the new zoa's

Next is a red worm deffinatly not a bristle worm
it is on the glass

 

[Reefmack]

Nice shots! I'm not sure about the crab ID. The worm may be a hairworm, but just guessing.

Spaghetti and Hair Worms

 

[catran]

I know the the first pic, it's black and white. It very well may be a spider too. If it has the shape of any of these, get rid of it asap! Watch for damage to your zoas too!

PREDATOR - Zoanthid Eating Spiders

 

[Boomer]

Terry is correct on the cirratulid hairworm. The other is not a pycnogonid, sea-spide. Spider eating crabs which are very, very tiny and not black and white striped. You can tell by looking at the legs It may be a spider crab, Majidae, kinda looks like one. Need a better pic


spider crab

 

[merlinsmagic]

nope it is not a spider. Today I found its "body" dont know how to tell if it is dead or if it is the exo....but I got some great pics of it now.

 

[Boomer]

It is one of the Xanthidae Round Crabs. I'll take a look.

 

[merlinsmagic]

how do I know if its dead or a shed? Hopeing its a shed cause its rather neat looking.

 

[Boomer]

That exo will be hollow inside.

 

[merlinsmagic]

well as you can see in the pics one of the legs fell off. didnt seem like there was anything inside. It is on my shelf drying out should I try and cut it open belly side?

 

[merlinsmagic]

the crab is still in the tank and doesnt seem to be bothering anything. Any id's on it yet? Thanks

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

Boomer says he is a Xanthidae - you can google pics... lots & lots of types of these crabs

Encyclopedia of Life

Xanthoidea
Xanthidae
Actaea
Allactaea
Atergatis
47 more... show full tree...
Family recognized by NCBI Taxonomy:
Cellular organisms +
Eukaryota +
Fungi/metazoa group +
Metazoa +
Eumetazoa +
Bilateria +
Coelomata +
Protostomia +
Panarthropoda +
Arthropoda +
Mandibulata +
Pancrustacea +
Crustacea +
Malacostraca +
Eumalacostraca +
Eucarida +
Decapoda +
Pleocyemata +
Brachyura +
Eubrachyura +
Heterotremata/thoracotremata group +
Heterotremata +
Xanthoidea +
Xanthidae
Atergatis +
Batodaeus +
Cataleptodius +
Chlorodiella +
Cyclodius +
Cymo +
Demania +
Epistocavea +
Etisus +
Eucratodes +
Euxanthus +
Garthiope +
Liagore +
Liocarpilodes +
Liomera +
Lophozozymus +
Lybia +
Macromedaeus +
Micropanope +
Monodaeus +
Neoliomera +
Paractea +
Paraxanthus +
Pilodius +
Platypodia +
Platypodiella +
Pseudoliomera +
Speocarcinus +
Tweedieia +
Unclassified Xanthidae +
Xanthias +
Xantho +
Xanthodius

 

[dmatt88]

Glen dude that's alot of info.

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[nanoreefing4fun]

 

[catran]

Glenn, that's an awesome site!!


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[nanoreefing4fun]

Thanks cat ! If you click on the Media tab... you will see 110's of pics of crabs in just this species

here is a link http://eol.org/pages/7229/media

 

[aaromano]

black tipped claws xanthid usually = bad crab

 

[Boomer]

Nice job Nano

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

Nice job Nano

Thank you very much !