Epilobocera sinuatifrons is a freshwater crab of the family Epiloboceridae. The species is an endemic species and widely distributed in streams of Puerto Rico and occurs also on Saint Croix (the U.S. Virgin Islands). The common name of this freshwater crab is "buruquena." An important aspect of this crab is its type of development; the buruquena undergoes direct development. This means that the crab does not produce larvae. Instead, it breeds in freshwater streams and releases small crabs, not larvae like freshwater shrimp.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Puerto Rican Freshwater Crab being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Barytelphusa cunicularis
- Rodriguezus garmani
- Parathelphusa convexa
- Potamonautes depressus
- Trichodactylus fluviatilis
- Dilocarcinus pagei
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Epiloboceridae
- Genus
- Epilobocera
- Species
- Epilobocera sinuatifrons
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