Christmas Island Blue Crab (Tuerkayana celeste)

Christmas Island Blue Crab, a reference photo — Photo: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Tuerkayana celeste, known as the Christmas Island blue crab is a species of crab in the family Gecarcinidae. The species is only found near freshwater on Christmas Island. The species was first recorded in 1900 but only in 2012 was it found to be a separate species from the Tuerkayana hirtipes. The species was used for food in the 1950s but was subsequently protected in 1980.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Christmas Island Blue 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

Cardisoma guanhumi
Cardisoma armatum
Cardisoma carnifex
Tuerkayana hirtipes
Cardisoma crassum

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Cardisomatidae
Genus: Tuerkayana
Species: Tuerkayana celeste

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