Atlantic Mud Crab

Panopeus herbstii, also known as the black-fingered mud crab, black-clawed mud crab, Atlantic mud crab or sometimes common mud crab, is a species of true crab, belonging to the infraorder Brachyura, and is the largest of the mud crabs. Panopeus herbstii are found along the western edges of the Atlantic Ocean in areas of North America, Central, and South America. Typically Panopeus herbstii feed on molluscs such as clams. Their conservation status is not marked but they are at risk due to habitat destruction and climate change along with ocean acidification.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Atlantic Mud 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

• Dyspanopeus sayi
• Eurypanopeus depressus
• Panopeus obesus
• Pilumnopeus serratifrons
• Rhithropanopeus harrisii
• Eurytium limosum

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Panopeidae

Genus

Panopeus

Species

Panopeus herbstii

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