Gorilla Crab | 水產百科網

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If you’re first setting up your reef tank, you’re likely going to be using live rock, which has visual benefits and helps keep your aquarium healthy. Live rock can also harbor a variety of visitors: some good and some bad. They’re called hitchhikers.

One common hitchhiker is the gorilla crab. Keep reading to find all about these hairy crabs and what to do if you find one in your marine aquarium!

“Gorilla crab” is a collective name for a bunch of crabs from the family Xanthidae. They’re also known as mud crabs and some of them are brightly colored, although the ones that pop up in the aquarium are usually more of a muddy color.

Gorilla crabs are often confused with emerald crabs, which do also occasionally hitchhike into the aquarium. You can tell the difference by looking at the claws: many gorilla crab species have distinctive black claw tips ...