Callinectes marginatus, commonly known as the sharptooth swimcrab or marbled swimcrab, is a species of swimming crab in the family Portunidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Masked Swimming 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
- Thranita crenata
- Charybdis japonica
- Portunus pelagicus
- Callinectes arcuatus
- Callinectes bellicosus
- Portunus segnis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Portunidae
- Genus
- Callinectes
- Species
- Callinectes larvatus
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