Mottled Crab (Metasesarma obesum)

Mottled Crab, a reference photo — Photo: CORBARI & POUPIN · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Metasesarma obesum, also known as the marble crab or marble Batik crab, is a species of sesarmid crab. It is a semiterrestrial and brackish-water crab that lives on sandy beaches.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Mottled 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

Armases ricordi
Danarma obtusifrons
Parasesarma pictum
Orisarma patshuni
Helograpsus haswellianus

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Sesarmidae
Genus: Metasesarma
Species: Metasesarma obesum

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