porcilin crab

[bigronbo]

ok all let me know soon. i just got a very cool snow white enenome and didn't notice it has a pocilin crab on it. are they reef safe? i would think so since it hosts an anenome but let me know.

[bigronbo]

ok guess he is ok only worry is if the anenome gets to my Acans or other important stuff. The crab may fight the clowns if they try to move in and get hurt but the anenome is small and shouldn't get hosted by a big fish maybe.

•The Neopetrolisthes species is generally found in pairs, under rocks, live corals, on rocky shores and on shorelines.
•As soon as Porcelain Crab is disturbed, it begins to run towards another sheltered area. Therefore, it’s difficult to spot this crab.
•The Neopetrolisthes species shares a symbiotic relationship with Anemones and lives in their tentacles. The pair of Porcelain Crab gets shelter in the tentacles of Anemones in the exchange of the food it supplies to its host.
•The Neopetrolisthes species fights with any clownfish present in the crab’s host Anemone to scare it away from its host. The fish, however, wins at the end, owing to its larger size as compared to that of Porcelain Crab.
•The ability of the Neopetrolisthes species to shed its limbs is useful when a predator catches hold of any of the crab’s limbs or the limbs are hooked somewhere. The crab detaches the caught limb from its body and runs off. The detached limb moves for some time which dodges the predators.
Morphology:
•Porcelain Crab is quite delicate but very beautiful crab.
•The Neopetrolisthes species is a type of lobster that very closely resembles the appearance of a crab.
•The body structure of Porcelain Crab is quite compact, flat and oval in shape.
•The Neopetrolisthes species has three pairs of visible walking legs with the fourth pair being hidden under the carapace.
•Porcelain Crab sheds its limbs quite frequently. The lost limbs grow back again after many rounds of molting.
•The abdomen of the Neopetrolisthes species is long and is folded at the bottom to facilitate the rapid movement of the crab.
•The claws, also called as chelas, of Porcelain Crab are quite large and help the crab fight instead of catching food.
•The mouth of the Neopetrolisthes species has long, feathery, hair like or bristles like structures called as setae, which help the crab feed through filter feeding.

[bigronbo]

my phones camera doesn't like the lighting and it looks kind of snow blind. but here is a few pictures.279127902789

[gdlyorchi]

I think I have the same one


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[gdlyorchi]

that I have, their are filter feeder and will eat your anemone left overs


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[couch702]

I have one, they are cool. He will never leave the nem. You would have to fight him off lol

[JimmyC11]

I have two different kinds the blue one never goes near the anemone but the white ones live in my carpet anemone

[couch702]

I only have the white one, and he loves his little nem.

[bigronbo]

my nem shrunk up at night and had moved where i was worried about it so i took him and moved him the crab was standing by the nem so they were seperated. the crab never left that area to find the nem so i was forced to grab him and drop him by the nem. I think he is trying to hook up with him again.