Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Mariepskop River 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
- Barusa guerini
- Potamonautes depressus
- Potamonautes isimangaliso
- Geothelphusa dehaani
- Potamonautes sidneyi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Potamonautidae
- Genus
- Potamonautes
- Species
- Potamonautes mariepskoppie
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