Blunttooth swimcrab

Callinectes bocourti is a species of swimming crab. Its native range extends from Jamaica and Belize south to Brazil, but it has been found as a nonindigenous species as far north as North Carolina. This crab has a light brown shell with red spots and markings on it, and red claws and legs. C. bocourti is edible and has been the subject of small-scale fishery.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Blunttooth swimcrab 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

• Scylla olivacea
• Callinectes bellicosus
• Scylla paramamosain
• Scylla serrata
• Charybdis japonica
• Charybdis lucifer

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Portunidae

Genus

Callinectes

Species

Callinectes bocourti

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