Levantine Freshwater Crab

Potamon potamios, the Levantine freshwater crab, is a semi-terrestrial crab occurring around the eastern Mediterranean, including many Mediterranean islands, extending as far south and west as the Sinai Peninsula.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Levantine 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

• Potamon hippocratis
• Potamon pelops
• Potamon fluviatile
• Potamon algeriense
• Potamon rhodium
• Socotrapotamon socotrense

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Potamidae

Genus

Potamon

Species

Potamon potamios

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