GUIDE to EXOTIC Hermit Crab SPECIES!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 6:28 pm

Tom's Species Comparison picture:
http://foreverpurple.com/images/species.jpg

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 12:12 am

Thanx SuperTom and Daethian, for bringing these pix to these good folks' attention. Although I'm still a bit wary of identifying any crabs, these pictures (after some study) will be quite an education for me.

I wouldn't mind seeing comparison pix of the back leg, which I have read can be distinctive. Also, maybe a full body shot of a stereotypical example of each.

AS IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE ENOUGH...LOL...

Thanx again...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:13 am

wow that really came out nice, good job tom!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 9:13 am

Full body shots of crabs can be found on MrsPoppypuffs... I dunno about the back legs

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:05 pm

check out mrs poppypuff's "exo pieces" picture.. it has a close of of the flatness of the rug back leg.. that's the only specie with a distincive back leg..

http://www.mrspoppypuff.com/exopieces.htm

Tom

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 12:20 am

Thank you thank you thank you!!! That helps me out so much. I finally can tell a rug and an E apart. LOL Thanks to going to all the time and effort to put something together like that. It is really helpful.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 7:22 am

Hi Tom...

What kind of hermit crab is "Trunks"? I'm still trying to figure out what kind of hermies I have and they both look most similar to the pictures of Trunks that I saw.

Thanks,
Tiffany
Proud Owner of:
Carrie
and
Charlotte

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 8:34 am

Not Tom, but Trunks is a PP.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 18, 2004 7:25 pm

Don't forget CrabbySue, SunnyKrab, & ed-d. They provided most of the photos.

acehoosier wrote:Thanx SuperTom and Daethian, for bringing these pix to these good folks' attention.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 7:44 pm

SuPerTOm wrote:

email u what?.. the species guide? u can just cut and paste..

I shoulda thought of that :roll: Thanks tom

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Mar 21, 2004 4:32 pm

About the rug pics again: sorry I couldn't get a pic of the blue rug as promised but I bought this cute green guy and if I remember correctly, somebody said there are no green rugs

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Introducing Kermit:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 5:55 pm

Rugs are the only species with the sword like leg right? I tried to ID all my crabs yesterday and all exept the two that are buried seem to have a flat leg. I assumed they are ruggies

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 1:42 am

Yes, that's true but I find it tricky to go by the legs sometimes. I usually rule out other breeds first like straws, PPs, and brevs by their color, and Es by the type and yellow color of their eye stalks. Then I look for the typical pattern that shows nicely on Kermit's big pincher - they all have it even though it might be a little more pale or different in color. Last I look at the stitches/ tire marks on the front of the big claw - they are usually wider and more visible on rugs than on the other breeds (cavs and PPs don't have them at all).

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:09 pm

I saw the stiches on HermiMom's Kermit but I cant really see them on my crabbies. Do some ruggies have them and others dont? Or am I just really bad at this ID stuff?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 12:13 am

I don't know if u are looking at the right thing (stitches) because they are not showing really well on the above pic except the lower 2. Does anybody have a better pic of those???
Here is Triton and he has non because he is a cav:

HCA: Hermit Crab Association

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