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Unread 11/20/2008, 05:37 PM   #1
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Hitchhiker Help????

Ok so I know a picture is worth a thousand words, but I have tried everything and cant get a pic. It is about the size of a med-large spider. Looks like a spider, except its body is long and thin. I could sit this thing on top of a quarter. Its legs look like spider legs and are red and white. Please, any ideas???


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Unread 11/20/2008, 05:51 PM   #2
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Probably a sea spider.


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Unread 11/20/2008, 05:53 PM   #3
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do I need to remove it or is it harmless if thats what it is?


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Unread 11/20/2008, 05:56 PM   #4
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they are generally harmless but some species will pick at certain corals. I typically remove them when I find them.


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Unread 11/20/2008, 06:02 PM   #5
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Is it a small arrow crab?

http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/sertc/i...lery/arrow.jpg


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Unread 11/20/2008, 06:07 PM   #6
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I thought it may be at first but after lookoing at both pics it is def a sea spider. Thanks what would I do without u guys


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