Einsiedlerkrebse

[Palinurus]

Today I got two new hermit crabs. Because they were very small, I regarded they as belonging to the same species. But the photos showed some differences. Does anybody know them? The right claw is much bigger than the left one.

               

LG
Wolfgang

[Ollie Mengedoht]

Hi Wolfgang,

no time to look deeper in the keys but the first remembers me of Clibanarius signatus (but – as said – I didn't look further into it) and the second one could be Paguristes cadenati – but I'm not sure of that either. P. cadenati has very prominent lobes on the scissors. It seems Your ones have these either but it is not clearly identifiable on Your photos.

EDIT: No, Michel has other suggestions ( http://www.panzerwelten.de/forum/thread-1796.html ) and the "pink" is indeed a fact that doesnt fit P. cadenati.

You can take a look here:
http://www.chiba-muse.or.jp/UMIHAKU/kika...karida.htm
http://www.rimi.or.jp/dobutumenu/IBI.html
http://www15.plala.or.jp/yadokari/zukan.htm
http://www.recif.be/article/hermit.htm
http://www.diverosa.com/categories/Hermitcrabs.htm and
http://www.riffgefluester-forum.de/infot...krebse.htm – these are my first choices for identifying marine "hermit crabs".