Saltwater crabs

Profiles of 9 aquarium saltwater crabs species, with water parameters, size and how they breed.

9 species

• Elegant hermit

  Calcinus elegans

  Saltwater

• Decorator crab

  Camposcia retusa

  Saltwater

• Tricolor hermit

  Clibanarius tricolor

  Saltwater

• Boxer crab

  Lybia tessellata

  Saltwater

• Green clinging crab

  Mithraculus sculptus

  Saltwater

• Small-dot anemone crab

  Neopetrolisthes maculatus

  Saltwater

• Red reef hermit

  Paguristes cadenati

  Saltwater

• Nimble spray crab

  Percnon gibbesi

  Saltwater

• Yellowline arrow crab

  Stenorhynchus seticornis

  Saltwater