The tunnelling mud crab, Austrohelice crassa, is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Varunidae, endemic to the sea coasts of New Zealand. Their carapace width is up to 40 mm.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Tunneling Mud 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
- Helicana doerjesi
- Metaplax longipes
- Hemigrapsus crenulatus
- Macrophthalmus erato
- Hemigrapsus penicillatus
- Hemiplax hirtipes
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Varunidae
- Genus
- Austrohelice
- Species
- Austrohelice crassa
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