Long-claw Hermit Crab (Pagurus longicarpus)

Long-claw Hermit Crab, a reference photo — Photo: Eric A. Lazo-Wasem · CC0 (licence)

Pagurus longicarpus, the long-wristed hermit crab or the long-clawed hermit crab, is a common hermit crab found along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States and the Atlantic coast of Canada.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Long-claw Hermit 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

Isocheles wurdemanni
Diogenes curvimanus
Isocheles sawayai
Pagurus bernhardus
Diogenes pugilator

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Paguridae
Genus: Pagurus
Species: Pagurus longicarpus

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

Check your photo

More species