Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Hippa testudinaria 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
- Hippa marmorata
- Emerita emeritus
- Emerita brasiliensis
- Emerita analoga
- Emerita almeidai
- Lepidopa californica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Hippidae
- Genus
- Hippa
- Species
- Hippa testudinaria
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