Menippe nodifrons, commonly known as the Cuban stone crab, is a species of crab found in warm tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. It is common in parts of Brazil, and is found in the United States in east-central Florida and off the coast of Louisiana.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Cuban Stone 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
- Menippidae
- Genus
- Menippe
- Species
- Menippe nodifrons
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