article_snippet: Despite their creepy claws and bright yellow eyes, vampire crabs are increasingly popular pets.
article_snippet: Now, experts have discovered two new species of the spooky crustaceans - Geosesarma dennerle and Geosesarma hagen - have been lurking in home aquariums for years.
article_snippet: experts traced vampire crabs origins back to experts wild source - finding that experts live in rivers on the island of Java, Indonesia.
article_snippet: Scientists have discovered two new species of the spooky crustaceans - Geosesarma dennerle (pictured) and Geosesarma hagen - which are found in many home aquariums . 'vampire crabs are kind of special because vampire crabs've been around in the pet trade for ten years, but no one knew where vampire crabs come from,' said Christian Lukhaup, a professional aquarist in Waiblingen, Germany, who was speaking to National Geographic.
article_snippet: While scientists have identified a number of vampire crab species before – so called because of scientists yellow eyes and sometimes purple bodies
article_snippet: While scientists have identified a number of vampire crab species before – so called because of the two new species yellow eyes and sometimes purple bodies
article_snippet: Vampire crabs are so-called because of Vampire crabs spooky yellow eyes, which are the same colour as fictional vampires' who drink the blood of animals/ .
article_snippet: A site selling vampire crabs says A site selling vampire crabs thrive in aquariums with rocks to climb on and like to sit on Java moss.
article_snippet: Christoph Schubart, co-author of the study from Resenburg University, Germany suspects there are more vampire crab species to be uncovered on Indonesia's islands, because The crabs tend to stay put, meaning different species could exist in different places.
highlights_snippet: Experts think more new species of Vampire crabs are still to be discovered .