View Full Version : Help! What type of crab is this?
jthompson21
03-09-2012, 11:32 AM
I boought a few of these crabs under the tag of "Fiddler Crab" but they dont look anything like it. They are also much larger then the red claw crabs i had before and the claws are much darker. What are they, anyone?
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Aeonflame
03-09-2012, 11:45 AM
The photo is dark but it looks like a fiddler to me
jthompson21
03-09-2012, 11:53 AM
thanks, wasnt sure since the claws are the same size
Aeonflame
03-09-2012, 12:03 PM
The claws on females are usually the same size. Male fiddler crabs often lose claws and regrow them.
SLeen
03-12-2012, 10:52 PM
It doesn't look like any kind of fiddler crab I've seen, female or otherwise. It looks like a Red Clawed Crab to me, but you said it's larger? How much larger are we talking because they can get fairly big and a lot of stores sell them as juveniles.
rangur1
03-13-2012, 03:19 AM
that is not any fiddler crab i have ever seen before, this creab looks too heavyset.
Aeonflame
03-13-2012, 03:22 AM
Now that Im looking at this from my pc, it does look like a RCC.
Sea Monkey
04-18-2012, 03:53 PM
I agree. It's a red claw. They have stouter legs than fiddlers.
redfanatic
04-28-2012, 11:37 PM
It is not a fiddler, for sure. I'd say it's RCC and just like somebody else already said, they can get quite big when they're fully grown (up to 5cm without legs).
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