Okinawa purpuresu & Indonesian-born C.purpureus

tonycoenobita · Post by **tonycoenobita** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 2:42 am

I also share what I saw.

The real Okinawa purpuresu I saw in Okinawa.

A crab just like Indonesian purpureus, picture from my friend, ridge (///) on big claw.

Mokulele_Hawai'i · Post by **Mokulele_Hawai'i** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 4:10 am

Thanks for sharing !

tonycoenobita wrote:

I also have one in ( more or less ) similar coloration like the blueberry above - previously in darker purple, but became lighter after molting.

I'm sure this hermit crab below is a C.rugosus; not a C.purpureus - see the claw shape, the ridges, and the shield leg.

tonycoenobita · Post by **tonycoenobita** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 8:29 am

No, it is C. purpureus.

See the other photo come out form the shell. C. purpureus also have the ridges, no black do under eye.

C.rugosus do have black dot under eye, and shield leg is flatten , big claw as four-cornered in an external form.

Jellybean! · Post by **Jellybean!** » Sun Jul 04, 2010 9:47 am

Those are pretty blueberries

I know of someone who has a guinea hen crossed with a chicken, that thing is cool

Mokulele_Hawai'i · Post by **Mokulele_Hawai'i** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:48 pm

tonycoenobita wrote:No, it is C. purpureus.

See the other photo come out form the shell. C. purpureus also have the ridges, no black do under eye.

C.rugosus do have black dot under eye, and shield leg is flatten , big claw as four-cornered in an external form.

Let me take a closer look & zoom it out ...
Yes ... from the frontal shot it looks like a C.purpureus. You're correct, it's a C.purpureus.

I also had similar hermit crab here - a fully grown ruggie that has reached the size of medium strawberries or blueberries. Some C.rugosus do not have any black "tears" or eye-smudge under the eyestalks.

jakeman · Post by **jakeman** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:45 am

Can you get these crabs from the exotic land hermit crab store? And they are very cute.

Hotaruzuki · Post by **Hotaruzuki** » Sun Aug 08, 2010 7:51 pm

Wow. I want that C.purpureus so bad...Not just because it is a beautiful crab, but because I'm a japanophile and I love it. haha.

You have really pretty babies!

tonycoenobita · Post by **tonycoenobita** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 3:51 am

To all crab lovers.

I want to see, that most of you have bought C.purpureus and think they are C.purpureus from Japan.

I need to tell you Japan's C.purpureus is forbidden to export to other country.

So, C.purpureus that you keep are most likely the C.purpureus from Indonesia.

They are really like C.purpureus in Japan, but have something different.

Think about that and ask your supplier if you have spend many money to buy them.