What is this creature???

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  1. w000p

    w000p Astrea Snail

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  2. missionsix

    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    That's a thumbsplitter. Mantis shrimp. Get it out asap.
     
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    missionsix Super Moderator Staff Member

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    paulg Feather Duster

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    Maybe a mantis shrimp?
     
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    GeejEx Skunk Shrimp

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    Looks like a mantis all right- get it out, stick it in solitary and sell it to someone crazy enough (like me, only with money) to want one.
     
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    paulg Feather Duster

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  8. w000p

    w000p Astrea Snail

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    So funny... i thought my tank was cracking .... I guess it was that guy... What do you think will be the best way to remove it..??? Take out all my live rock? is there a way to trap it maybe?...
     
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    With the pictures available, I cannot ID the species. Based on eye-stalk shape, I would guess Neogonodactylus wennerae . I pick these puppies up with my bare hands. Let 'em hammer at me all they want. If the live rock came from Florida or near-Caribbean islands, my suspicions rise substantially.

    The mantis in the video is a Peacock mantis They are never hitchhikers. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthro...ostraca/royslist/species.php?name=o_scyllarus
    I touch them too but only if they are MY Peacocks. Snuggles died about a month back which makes me sad. He was easily the most spoiled mantis in North America. All of the customers always wanted to feed him.
     
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    Unless it's boisterous and will come out after a baited trap with something live, you might have to remove the rock.
     
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