Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pentidotea montereyensis 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
- Idotea fewkesi
- Pentidotea resecata
- Pentidotea aculeata
- Paridotea ungulata
- Euidotea peronii
- Idotea urotoma
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Isopoda
- Family
- Idoteidae
- Genus
- Pentidotea
- Species
- Pentidotea montereyensis
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