Austruca perplexa is a species of fiddler crab. It is found from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan to India, throughout the Malay Archipelago, along eastern Australian coasts from Queensland to New South Wales, and in various Pacific islands, including Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Perplexing Fiddler 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
- Leptuca leptodactyla
- Austruca citrus
- Austruca mjobergi
- Austruca lactea
- Gelasimus jocelynae
- Austruca variegata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Ocypodidae
- Genus
- Austruca
- Species
- Austruca perplexa
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