Are you sure tht guys not predetary, his claws look bigger than its head by a long way, and there's only a couple of reasons why he would need such a thing, squishing little fishys heeeeeeeds
sory i cant tell you what it is but that aint no blue leg..... Anyone care to try
Mouse: Believe me this hermit is a very mellow fellow for my reef. I have had it for months and it has molted 4 times and has not bother anything in the reef. Johnny
That looks like a *Calcinus laevimanus* (left-handed hermit) to me. They are supposedly herbivorous, and the claw is not for eating fish. Rather, it works as a kind of door to close the shell for protection.
I have 2 of these hermits in my tank right
now. Mine is a little larger than yours I think. Judging from the pic anyway.
As the Doc mentioned, they do use that claw
for protection. Mine lives inside a Turbo
snail's shell. A rather large one at that. Half the time I'm not sure how he moves it around - anyway, another story. He climbed on my Elegance one time, I got madd, knoced him off, and right away that claw covers the enterance to his shell...
When I bought mine it was sold to me as a Zebra hermit. Something along the lines of the black and white claw markings.
Don't know more than that, but I've had him for over 2 years now and he's not hurt anything. Mostly a scavenger and eats vegies that I can see.