Pinnotheres pisum

Pea Crab, a reference photo
Photo: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

The pea crab, Pinnotheres pisum, is a small crab in the family Pinnotheridae that lives as a parasite in oysters, clams, mussels, and other species of bivalves.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Pea 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
Pinnotheridae
Species
Pinnotheres pisum

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