Pls help to ID these crabs. Thanks

[wahlaoeh]

Hi there,

Another few crabbies found in Gorontalo that need help IDing. Thanks.

Jovin-

Seapen crabs
http://sg.homeunix.com/jovin/Gorontalo-Nov-06/Seapen_crab

Crab which looked luminous underwater
http://sg.homeunix.com/jovin/Gorontalo-Nov-06/Soft_coral_crab_1

Arrow crab
http://sg.homeunix.com/jovin/Gorontalo-Nov-06/Unknown_crab

 

[the_cat_keeper]

Crab which looked luminous underwater

It looks like a quadrella (square crab). Perhaps a q. granulosa?

 

[LeslieH]

The Quadrella could be a granulosa. Jovin - did you get any pictures that show the carapace & arms in profile? The sea pen crabs are Porcellanella; that particular color morph shows up on a lot of web sites as just Porcellanella sp. there's not enough of the arrow crab to know what it is, even what family.

 

[Thalassamania]

error, sorry

 

[wahlaoeh]

The Quadrella could be a granulosa. Jovin - did you get any pictures that show the carapace & arms in profile? The sea pen crabs are Porcellanella; that particular color morph shows up on a lot of web sites as just Porcellanella sp. there's not enough of the arrow crab to know what it is, even what family.

Hi Leslie,

Thanks so much once again. Here is another pix of the quadrella. I do not have another good pix of the arrow crab.

http://sg.homeunix.com/jovin/Gorontalo-Nov-06/Soft_coral_crab_2

Jovin-

 

[LeslieH]

Thanks, Jovin. That shows off the spines on the arms & head very nicely. It matches other images of Q. granulosa on the web although who knows if those are identified correctly! Q. coronata looks much the same.