Mottled Purse Crab (Persephona mediterranea)

Mottled Purse Crab, a reference photo — Photo: Andrea Westmoreland from DeLand, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Persephona mediterranea, the mottled purse crab, is a species of true crab in the family Leucosiidae.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Mottled Purse 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

Persephona aquilonaris
Randallia ornata

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Leucosiidae
Genus: Persephona
Species: Persephona mediterranea

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