What kind of crab is this?

[ReeferHD]

Hey I found this decorator crab at petco and I can’t seem to find what kind it is, it doesn’t look like the marcocoeloma trispinosum I have at home, any ideas?

 

[blaxsun]

Looks more like a pitho crab than the decorator crab I had.

 

[ReeferHD]

Looks more like a pitho crab than the decorator crab I had.

I was thinking pitho crab too but after looking at pictures they don’t look very alike, most likely distant relatives though.

 

[Pickle_soup]

Looks like trouble to me...

 

[blaxsun]

I was thinking pitho crab too but after looking at pictures they don’t look very alike, most likely distant relatives though.

Could be a good sump crab!

 

[ReeferHD]

Could be a good sump crab!

Ended up picking him up, along with another crab (which was definitely Marcocoeloma trispinosum) they’re going in a crab-only tank.

 

[blaxsun]

Ended up picking him up, along with another crab (which was definitely Marcocoeloma trispinosum) they’re going in a crab-only tank.

Craberrific!

 

[Lavey29]

Will they be eating crabby patties?

 

[ReeferHD]

Acclimating them now!

 

[Lavey29]

Definitely not a pitho. Here is one of my pithos doing his thing

 

[blaxsun]

They're definitely unique!

 

[ReeferHD]

they are now in the tank!

 

[ReeferHD]

And here’s a picture of the one I already had