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Crabs

 

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Common name:
Arrow Crab

Scientific name: Stenorhynchus seticrnis

Depth found: 5' to 100'

Size: 2" to 8"

Compatibility: Will fight each other, good in most reef tanks

How common: Very

Item #: 709

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Common name: Decorator crab w/sponge

Scientific name: Stenocionops furcata

Depth found: 5' to 30'

Size: 1/2" to 2 1/2"

Compatibility: Good in reef tanks

How common: Sseasonal

Item #: 711

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Common name: Decorator crab

Scientific name: Stenocionops furcata

Depth found: 1' to 10'

Size: 1/2" to 2 1/2"

Compatibility: Good in reef tanks

How common: Good in reef tanks, larger ones can mess up a tankery

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Common name:
True Decorator Crab

Scientific name:
Dromia erytbropus

Depth found: 5' to 30'

Size: 1/2" to 6"

Compatibility: Good in reef tanks, larger ones can mess up a tank.

How common: Rare

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Common name: Decorator Arrow

Scientific name: Metoporhaphis calcarata

Depth found: 5' to 50'

Size: 1" to 3"

Compatibility:
Good in reef tanks

How common: Seasonal

Item #: 712

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Common name:
 Frilly Arrow

Scientific name: Metoporhaphis calcarata

Depth found: 5' to 25'

Size: 2" to 4"

Compatibility:
Good in reef tanks

How common: Somewhat

Item #: 713D

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Common name: Anemone Hermit Crab

Scientific name: Dardanus venosus

Depth found: 10' to 100'

Size: 2" to 5"

Compatibility:
 Good in reef tanks, larger ones can mess up a tank.

How common: Seasonal

Item #: 715A

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Common name:
Blue Leg Hermit

Scientific name:
Clibanarius tricolor

Depth found: <1"

Size: <1"

Compatibility:
 Good in reef tanks

How common: Very

Item #: 715B

Notes: Alage eaters

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Common name:
 Hermit Crabs

Scientific name:
Dardanus venosus

Depth found:  5' to 100'

Size: 1/2" to 8"

Compatibility:
Good in reef tanks, larger ones can mess up a tank.

How common: Very

Item #: 715 S, M, L

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Common name:
 Red Leg Hermit

Scientific name: Paguristes cadenati

Depth found: 20' to 50'

Size: 1/2" to 2"

Compatibility: 
Great for reef tanks

How common: Very

Item #: 717R

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Common name: Horseshoe Crab

Scientific name:
Limutus polyphemus

Depth found: 1'

Size: 1" to 8"

Compatibility:
Good in reef tanks, larger ones can mess up a tank.

How common: Rare

Item #: 719

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Common name: Porcelain Crab

Scientific name: Porcellana sayana

Depth found: 1' to 50'

Size: 1/2" to 2"

Compatibility:
Great for reef tanks

How common: Very

Item #: 721

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Common name:
Sally Lightfoot Crab

Scientific name:
 Perchon gibbesi

Depth found: 1' to 20'

Size: 1" to 4"

Compatibility:
 Great for reef tanks

How common: Very

Item #: 723

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Common name: Emerald or Coral Crab

Scientific name:Mithrax sculptus

Depth found: 1' to 20'

Size: 1/2" to 2"

Compatibility:
 Great for reef tanks

How common: Very

Item #: 725

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Common name:
 Spider Crabs

Scientific name:
Mithrax spinosissimus

Depth found: 5' to 50'

Size: 2" to 8"

Compatibility:
Good in reef tanks, larger ones can mess up a tank

How common: Somewhat

Item #: 787

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Common name:
 Assorted Small Crabs

Scientific name: Infraorders Anomura & Brachyura

Depth found: 1' to 100'

Size: 1" to 8"

Compatibility:
Good in reef tanks, larger ones can mess up a tank.

How common: Very

Item #: 725 S, M, L

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Common name:
 White Claw Hermit

Scientific name:
Phimochirus operculatus

Depth found:
5' to 50'

Size:
 1/2" to 1 1/2"

Compatibility:
Great for reef tanks

How common: Somewhat

Item #: 717

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Common name: Fountain Crab

Scientific name:
Calappa lophos

Depth found:
 1' to 25'

Size: 1" to 5"

Compatibility:
 Large ones will rearrange a tank

How common:
Seasonal

Item #: 835 L & S

Notes: Dig in the sand

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Common name:
Calico Crab

Scientific name:
Hepatus epheliticus

Depth found:
1' to 25'

Size: 1" to 4"

Compatibility:
 Large ones will rearrange a tank

How common:
Seasonal

Item #: 835

Notes: Dig in the sand

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Common name: 
 Elbow Crab

Scientific name: 

Depth found:
1' to 4"

Size: 1" to 4"

Compatibility:
LaReef Safe

How common:
Seasonal

Item #: 714

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