Estuarine Pillbox Crab

← Back to the app

Halicarcinus whitei

Estuarine Pillbox Crab, a reference photo
Photo: Peter de Lange · CC0 1.0 (licence)

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Estuarine Pillbox 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
Hymenosomatidae
Genus
Halicarcinus
Species
Halicarcinus whitei

Found one? Take a photo and B.inomen will suggest what it is, free.

Check your photo

More species