Grapsus albolineatus, also called the mottled crab or mottled lightfoot crab, is a species of decapod crustacean in the family Grapsidae, native to the Indo-Pacific.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Mottled Lightfoot 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
- Grapsus tenuicrustatus
- Grapsus fourmanoiri
- Grapsus grapsus
- Leptograpsus variegatus
- Grapsus longitarsis
- Plagusia squamosa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Decapoda
- Family
- Grapsidae
- Genus
- Grapsus
- Species
- Grapsus albolineatus
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