Coral crab ID

[Northern Reef]

Wondering what the crabs living in this Leptastrea are. The closes I can get are paguritta crabs but they still don't look the same. Any help would be nice.

 

Thank you

[mndfreeze]

Wait.. where are the crabs LOL.  

 

I feel my colorblindness might be working against me for this pic.

[Northern Reef]

They are the blue and black ovals that are threw out the frag .5mm-1mm in size

 

[mndfreeze]

ah ok. That's what I suspected but I couldn't tell for sure if they were crabs or just part of the corals coloration lol.  Is there a specific concern  you have with them or just trying to get more information?

 

 

[Thrassian Atoll]

Same as this.

 

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1639021

[Northern Reef]

Just looking for  information

35 minutes ago, mndfreeze said:

ah ok. That's what I suspected but I couldn't tell for sure if they were crabs or just part of the corals coloration lol.  Is there a specific concern  you have with them or just trying to get more information?

 

 

Yes they look the same from the same county to but no identification from what I can see

 

17 minutes ago, TILTON said:

Same as this.

 

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1639021

 

[Thrassian Atoll]

He said they were barnacles in the thread.  Not sure if that’s accurate or not.

[Northern Reef]

19 hours ago, TILTON said:

He said they were barnacles in the thread.  Not sure if that’s accurate or not.

Yeah I'm 100% sure  they are filter feeders creabs. I'm sorry but it would take a lot for them to look anything like a barnacle not even sure why some would say that 

[WV Reefer]

Technically barnacles are crustaceans.  🤓

[RayWhisperer]

They are likely Paguritta, but that is the genus name. Getting a species ID would be extremely difficult. I’d suggest simply calling them what they are. Coral residing hermit crabs. They will eat meaty foods, as well, so filter feeding isn’t their only option. Super cool animals. I only wish I had a system ready to go. I’d buy that in a heartbeat.ive been looking for those, and gall crabs for a looooong time.