ive got crabs

[amstar15]

i bought two corals yesterday. a birdsnest coral and a blue ridge coral. both have a crab that is hitch hiking on them. the corals have been in the tank over 24 hours and neither of these crabs have left the corals. the pinchers on these crabs do not look like porcelain crabs. they are more straight and long almost like a mithrax crab. the two crabs are completely white on top they bottom part of their body is red as well as their claws. then their legs are brown with lighter almost tan stripes. any ideas on what kind of crabs these maybe?

 

[steelhealr]

Sally Light foots? SH

 

[amstar15]

their legs do look like them. however their overall body shape is closer to a mithrax/porcleain crab. their main appendages are short and stubby like porcelain just not the same bulky end to them. if that makes sense.

 

[steelhealr]

One more stab at this..acropora crab? SH

 

[amstar15]

ding ding ding, that is exactly what the crabs are. I looked them up and the pic fits what I have living in my tank. last night I found one more in the birdsnest coral. so all in all I got three acropora crabs for free and a free emerald/mithrax crab with my two coral purchases. I just hope my birdsnest comes through. I guess when it is completely dead the crabs will move on or die. thanks for the help