Crab id please

Anyone know what crab this is? It has black claws, whitish/brown color, and has hair all over its body...

Pics are blurry cuz the crab is so small (size of penny).

 

try your best to get rid of it, any hairy crabs mostly do no good for reef tanks.. get it outtt

 

The pictures aren't clear, but that is not one of the common reef friendly crabs. That much I can tell you. Are the claws smooth or serrated? I would put it in the sump or find it another home, as crabs can be detrimental to reefs. It almost looks like a spider crab, but those are colder water than a reef.

 

I can't really tell if the claws are serrated or not.. the little bugger is so small. I guess i'll have to build my sump a little bit faster so i can put it in there. My tank is FOWLR for now.

 

I never trust crabs in any tank with fish or coral, they go by the rules of the ocean.

 

Your pics are too blurry, but it sounds like a gorilla crab--bad crab. I don't know how to make a link, but if you go to Tampa Bay live rock they have lots of pics of good and bad hitchhikers.

 

Hmmm.. it does look like a gorilla crab.
I found this pic on some website... http://www.wetwebmedia.com/Arthropoda/CrustaceanPIX/SWCrabs/Crab.JPG
its from SWCrabIDFAQs (all the way down the page)

 

if you can put it it your sump and maybe ask around at your LFS to see if someone would want it. i just set up a 20 tall just for a i think a queen conch. it came in with some other stuff from tampa it wasnt its fault so i asked around a found a guy about 3 hours from me that will take it we just havent hook up yet but im thinking i might just keep it ive been feeding it snails thats what it appears it likes sorry for the on and on maybe try to find it a home be for you kill it good luck

 

check out this thread and look at the crab near the bottom hmmm ??Trichopeltarion crab??
http://www.3reef.com/forums/general...covered-australias-reef-57468.html#post544558

 

Cool! i dont know if its a trichopeltraion crab though.. because mine has black claws. I still have to catch him to get a closer look.