Mouthless crab

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Cardisoma crassum

Mouthless crab, a reference photo
Photo: Diego Tirira from Quito, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Cardisoma crassum, known as the mouthless crab, is a species of terrestrial crab found in the coastal tropical eastern Pacific from Baja California to Peru.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Mouthless 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

Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Cardisomatidae
Species
Cardisoma crassum

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