purple,black,orangepincer

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i am very sorry i cant take any pictures he has a purple,black,orange pincer and the back of his claw were its saposed to be white it is purple blue AGAIN I AM VERY SORRY FOR NOT HAVING PIC. :(
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Re: purple,black,orangepincer

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To what are you referring greenshell?
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Re: purple,black,orangepincer

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he has a rainbow colored pincher it has a little tiny piece of purple on its claw and alot of other colors
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Re: purple,black,orangepincer

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What shape are his eyestalks? What is the coloring of the rest of his body?
Does he have stitch marks, like so: /// on the front edge of his pincer?
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he has pp eye stalkes and no stiches what so ever
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Why exactly can't you take a picture? Is he down for a molt or something?
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no i dont have a camera but i found out it is a indo
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Re: purple,black,orangepincer

Post by ladybug15057 »

I am sorry, but Indo's do not have purple, black, and orange pinchers. They are noted for their lavendar colored pinchers, possibly a tad of white at the very tips.

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As well as very thick orangish colored base to their antenna.
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Re: purple,black,orangepincer

Post by Wai »

How did you find out that it was an "indo"? I consider exoskeleton colours unreliable as an indication of species (except in the case of the strawberry hermit crabs), so look for other physical features. Try out the Species Identifier tool I made.

Also, indos are very rare, so the chances are that the hermit crab you have isn't an indo.
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well ill be looking hard for the species it may be a new one :D
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