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Florida Stone Crab – Menippe mercenaria

Florida Stone Crab – Menippe mercenaria

 ID - Juvenile stone crabs are dark in color with banded legs. They soon transition into a peachy beige with black tipped claws.

Tips - A predator of fish and your cleanup crew that should be removed. Stone crabs make excellent sump monsters, or you can crunch it and feed to your aquarium inhabitants.

Rated - Sump It!

  

 

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