Flat-clawed Hermit Crab (Pagurus pollicaris)

Flat-clawed Hermit Crab, a reference photo — Photo: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Pagurus pollicaris is a hermit crab commonly found along the Atlantic coast of North America from New Brunswick to the Gulf of Mexico. It is known by a number of common names, including gray hermit crab, flat-clawed hermit crab, flatclaw hermit crab, shield hermit crab, thumb-clawed hermit crab, broad-clawed hermit crab, and warty hermit crab.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Flat-clawed 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 pilosus
Isocheles wurdemanni
Isocheles sawayai
Pagurus impressus
Areopaguristes setosus

Classification

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

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

Check your photo

More species