Shrimp, Snails, and Crabs
Red Mithrax Crab
Mithraculus forceps
Photo: Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Adult size3 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeYes
Full profile
- Family
- Mithracidae
- Origin
- Tropical Western Atlantic
- Size
- 3 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- marine
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Diet
- herbivore – omnivore
- Reproduction
- planktonic larvae
- Reef Safe
- ✅ Yes
Notes: A red relative of the emerald crab. It eats algae and detritus.
