Species photo: Pauline Walsh Jacobson, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist
Spider Crab (M/L)
Mithraculus forceps
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From our species guide
Care at a glance
- Care levelEasy
- Reef safeWith caution
- TemperamentPeacefulPeaceful; may pick at corals if underfed
- Temperature72–82 °F
- pH8–8.3
- Min tank26 gallons
- Favorite foods
- Hair and film algae
- Bubble algae
- Leftover fish food
- Max size1 in (2.5 cm)
In plain words: This little crab is red, and it is about as big as a grape. It is a cousin of the green emerald crab and looks just like it, only red. It lives in the warm sea from Florida and the Caribbean down to Brazil.
