Help! What type of crab is this?

**jthompson21** · 03-09-2012, 10:32 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, 10:45 AM

The photo is dark but it looks like a fiddler to me

**jthompson21** · 03-09-2012, 10:53 AM

thanks, wasnt sure since the claws are the same size

**Aeonflame** · 03-09-2012, 11:03 AM

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).