Decorator crab with rare anemone

[ramsey]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+4&ddid=210257

I LOL'd when I saw this. Really, decorator crab with AIPTASIA?!

[JerryD120]

Lol! With "anemone"... And the really sad part is, it sold!!


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[ramsey]

I'm in the wrong business. :)

[Southern Flame]

For real huh!!?!!

[rrasco]

Is that Aiptasia? I didn't know there was a translucent one.

[Southern Flame]

I have a white one ya want it lol
Free!!

[profntbtr]

i actually believe it's a bunodeopsis anemone, normally found in symbiosis with hermit crabs and related to the anemones that pom pom crabs carry. The hermit, when transferring shells, will move the anemone to its new shell. Fascinating stuff, so i would guess finding a decorator crab that had formed the same symbiosis to be fairly rare.

[rrasco]

i actually believe it's a bunodeopsis anemone, normally found in symbiosis with hermit crabs and related to the anemones that pom pom crabs carry. The hermit, when transferring shells, will move the anemone to its new shell. Fascinating stuff, so i would guess finding a decorator crab that had formed the same symbiosis to be fairly rare.

Interesting you mention this. I have a hermit with some type of duster/nem on it and was always curious/terrified about it.

[Southern Flame]

My turbo snails have feather dusters growing on them lol

[ramsey]

i actually believe it's a bunodeopsis anemone, normally found in symbiosis with hermit crabs and related to the anemones that pom pom crabs carry. The hermit, when transferring shells, will move the anemone to its new shell. Fascinating stuff, so i would guess finding a decorator crab that had formed the same symbiosis to be fairly rare.

I was pretty sure it was not aiptasia since it has a reddish/purple base but the top looks like it which made me chuckle. That's cool about symbiosis. I wonder if the crab moves it each time it molts?

[profntbtr]

i had one of the hermit/anemones symbiants once, and have not seen one for sale since.

[Southern Flame]

I seen some crabs that live in anemones at texas tropical over the weekend he had quite a few of them I almost picked a couple up

[sealmeister]

I have some free apistasia :)


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